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16 Cards in this Set
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Social facts
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ways of acting, thinking, and feeling external to the individual |
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Social homeostasis |
assumption that social systems work together to maintain social equilibrium |
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Social currents |
waves of social emotions and activities that sweep individuals into participatingalong with the group |
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Manifest functions |
explicit, acknowledged macro-level social purposes |
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Latent functions |
implicit, unacknowledged macro-level social purposes |
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Achieved Status |
position that is attained through individual effort, such as one's education or occupation |
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Ascribed status |
position that is attained through circumstance of birth, such as one's race or gender |
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Social stratification |
structured inequality of access to rewards, privileges, prestige, and resources |
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Life chances |
the resources and opportunities that people have to provide themselves with future goods and favorable living conditions |
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Coroner |
an elected official, who may or may not have special training, that performs autopsies |
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Forensic pathologist (aka medical examiner) |
typically an appointed official, with advanced medical training, that performs autopsies |
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Autopsy |
medical examination of a deceased body to determine cause of death, existence of disease, or investigate possible malpractice |
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Re-socialization |
process by which a person's old roles and identities are stripped away, and new ones are created |
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Conformity |
a change in behavior or belief toward a group standard as a result of the group's influence on an individual |
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Co-payment |
how much a patient pays towards the costs, usually a percentage set by the insurance policy |
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Premium |
how much an individual, or individual and employer together, pays monthly for an insurance policy |
