Soc 102 Test 1

Front 1

social problems

Back 1

aspect of society that people want changed (or are concerned about); not perceived as problem to everyone; sufficient concern to want problem changed; used sociological imagination to look at what people are concerned about

Front 2

objective condition

Back 2

what is the social phenomena experience; can be measured; results in subjective concern; ie how many people favor selective abortions of girls

Front 3

subjective concern

Back 3

level of distress/awareness asscoiated with objective condition; ie wanting to change selective abortions

Front 4

society

Back 4

relatively self sufficient group of people who live within geographic boundaries and pass a complex way of living from one generation to another

Front 5

culture

Back 5

complex way of living passed from one generation to another; consists of 3 things being passed- values, norms and roles
passed thru process refered to as socialization which is process thru which we learn expectations of society

Front 6

values

Back 6

abstarct set of ideals/ ultimate aims or goals; cannot be shown (can be talked about);

Front 7

norms

Back 7

rules governing behavior

Front 8

roles

Back 8

small collection (subset) of norms that when preformed fulfill a function

Front 9

symbolic interactionism

Back 9

focus on symbols-- refer to things that stand for or indicate something else; process thru which we acquire symbols and use these to influence behavior; done thru interacting with others; tries to decipher how humans can give meaning to symbols; development of mind- allows us to decode symbols; focuses on how symbols are used to communicate with and influence the behavior of others

Front 10

macrosociology

Back 10

looks at groups of people; refer to this repetitiveness of groups as social structure; assuptions that make up macro:
- 1. systematic part- repetitive- parts/ social structure
- 2. parts are interdependent- changes in one changes other parts
-3. continually rearranging to create stability and equilibrium

Front 11

functionalism

Back 11

social structures exist because they serve a purpose

Front 12

social institution

Back 12

universal (5)
-family, education, religion. politics, economics

Front 13

social evolutionary theory

Back 13

social structure exist because they serve a purpose and the purpose is survival

Front 14

conflict theory

Back 14

social structures exist because they serve a purpose and the purpose is survival, but NOT for all
-remind us that social structure do not impact everyone the same; not all ; social structures serve everyone or allows everyone to benefit fairly

Front 15

DEVIANCE

Back 15

violations of rules governing behavior

Front 16

prosititution-

Back 16

sexual favors in exchange for monetary remuneration

Front 17

Sociology

Back 17

study of human interaction

Front 18

3 criteria of causation-

Back 18

correlation, time order and nonspuriousness

Front 19

drug

Back 19

any substance used to alter thinking, consciousness or bodily functions and emotions

Front 20

violence

Back 20

refers to the use of force to cause injury to peoople or destroy property

Front 21

3 types of group violence

Back 21

Situational, organizational, institutional

Front 22

Situational group violence

Back 22

spontaneous ,unplanned use of force that results in injury to people or destruction of property; ie bar fight

Front 23

organizational group violence

Back 23

groups of people who plan on using force to injure people and destroy property in an unauthorized way; ie terrorists, school shootings

Front 24

institutional group violence

Back 24

planned acts of forces meant to injure people and destroy property; planned and intentionally carried out; they have the right to injure people up to and including killing; includes SWAT and law enforcement

Front 25

murder

Back 25

when you kill someone you are not authorized to kill

Front 26

rape

Back 26

unlawful carnal or intimate knowledge of a women without her consent