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Sociological imagination |
Wright mills this ability to see society different from an individualistic view. |
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Sociological imagination helps with what? |
Helps a person distinguish between personal trouble and social or public issues |
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U.S., Canada, and germany |
High income nations and cybernations |
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India, africa, and China |
Are agricultural and low income cuntries |
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The law of three stages |
The family, the state, and then the industry |
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Who coind the term "sociology" |
Auguste Comte |
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Comte felt that as societies progressed through what scientific stages? |
They go through a theological stage, a metaphysical, and then a scientific stage |
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Bourgeoisie |
Are the owners |
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Proletariats |
Are the workers |
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Conflict perspective |
Macro-level. Main idea of the conflict perspective is that differing levels of power in society creats continulus conflict. Karl marx emphasized power inequalities including money and political power |
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Debunking |
Sociologists obtain their knowledge of human behavior through research in order to move beyond guess work and common sence |
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Quantitative research |
It has the goal of scientific objectivity and data that can be measured with numbers |
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Qualitive research |
It relies on interpertation and description of underlying meanings and patterns of social relationship and results in word pictures. |
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Conventional research model |
1. Select ans define a resurch problem. 2, review previous research.3. Formulate the hypothesis this is a statement of the relationship between variables. 4. Develope the research design. 5. Collect and analysis the data. 6. Conclusions |
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Random sampling |
Every member of a population has the same chance of being selected. |
Pick names out of a hat! |
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Expierments |
The impact of variables on the subject attitudes or behaviors is studied |
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The expieremental group |
Is exposed to the independent variable; the control group is not. The difference in the dependent variable is measured. |
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Tryangulation |
Multiple methods |
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Mores |
They are strongly held norms. Breaking them bring stronger consuquences |
Norms establish rules |
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Strongest mores are what? |
Tabos: we cant even talk about it |
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Polygyny |
Polygamy with women |
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Polyandry |
Multiple husbands |
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Fam of orientation |
Orients you to the world |
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Nuclear family |
Parent& kids |
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Egalitarian family |
Both parents share responsibility equally #happiest |
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Homogany |
Marrying someone the same as you |
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Talcott Parsons |
Labor division Mom=expressive Dad=instrumental |
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Demography |
Sociology that examines populations bh size conposition and distribution |
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Decline in mortality |
Fuelled by pop growth |
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Sex ratio |
Males compared to 100 females |
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Malthusian perspective |
Pop grows geometrically Food grows arithmetically FOOD SHORTAGE |
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Gentrification |
Rich move to low income places |
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Network theory |
Migrations continue because of relatives |
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Ideal types of athority |
Tradidtional . Charismatic. Rational |
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Democracy |
People hold the power |
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Rulling class/ conflict perspective |
G. William Domhoff said that 1% who control the money and media |
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The graying process |
In japan has taken only 25 years. In year 2025, 25% of the japanese will be over age 65 |
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Disengagement theory |
Older people die and make room for younger generation |
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Ethnic group |
People who share common cultural traits or natonality characteristics |
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Dominant group |
People who have the advantage have resources |
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Subordinant group |
Disadvantage unfair treatment |
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Interactionist perspective on ethnic and race |
Looks at the micro level contacts between individuals |
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Deviance |
Any behavior, condidtion, that violates cultural norms |
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When are acts deviant? |
When they r determined as such by a group or society |
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Internal social control |
Concience |
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External social control |
Police. Keep people in line |
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Social control |
Ways society uses to motic ate people to stay in bounds |
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Retreatism |
Doesnt accept either means or goals |
Group of drug addicts |
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Social dynamite or social junk |
People without power |
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Vice. Or moral crimes |
Prostitution, drugs, illegal gambling, |
Victimless crimes |
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The police |
Crime control. High level of discression. |
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Fastest growing catigoru od homeless persons are |
Families with childern 40% |
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Asceibed status |
Born with it. Age ethnicity gender |
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Achived status |
What you achieve occupation college income |
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