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Sociological Imagination
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when people don't look at a situation completely before forming an opinion.
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Structural Functional Perspective
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Manifest - Recognized by a social unit
Latent functions - Unseen by a social unit dysfunctions - Undesirable elements of society |
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Symbolic Interaction perspective
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focuses on smaller groups rather then large groups of social units.
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Conflict Perspective
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inequality between people or groups
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norms
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established rules of bahavior
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values
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collective ideas about what is right or wrong
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sanctions
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awards for appropriate behavior and punishments for inappropriate behavior
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ethnocentrism
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judging all other cultures by ones own culture
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cultural relativism
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belief that all culture traditions and customs must be viewed by our cultures own standards
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cultural transmission
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passing down things about your culture to your kids
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subculture
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a segment of our population that is set apart from our society
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counter culture
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groups that are against mainstream beliefs and thoughts
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Looking glass self
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how a persons self sense is derived from other peoples reactions
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involuntary re-socialization
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when a person is put in a different society against his will.
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voluntary re=socialization
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when a person chooses to change the society which he lives in. i.e. rehab
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Total Institution
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being isolated from society. i.e jail
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status
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position you occupy within society
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ascribed status
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status given to you or that you fall into
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achieved status
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status you worked for
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role
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behavior that follows a certain status
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status symbol
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things used to show off status
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Goffman's presentation to self
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everybody is an actor that has a front stage and a backstage. front stage is what people want others to see while backstage is what they don't want people to see.
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nonverbal communication
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communicating without speaking
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reference groups
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when you ask a person for advice
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ingroup
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people whom you feel a connection to
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outgroup
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people who compete against you
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group conformity
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changing behavior to comply with the surrounding crowd.
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walter reckless theory
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inner containments - your concious, beliefs and ideals
outer containments - the police, your parents, your friends |
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stigma
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powerfully negative label
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labeling theory
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primary deviance - people first starting to get in trouble
secondary deviance - people start to feel like they are diviant Tertiary deviance - people just don't care anymore |
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two components of crime
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act and intent
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plea bargaining
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admitting to things to get a less severe penalty
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medicalization of deviance
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turning deviant behavior into a medical condition
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why do we punish criminals?
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1. rehabilitate them
2. get even, retrobution 3. deturance, keeping them from doing it again 4. keep society safe |
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Social mobility
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how you can go up or down in society
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absolute poverty
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life threatening poverty
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relative poverty
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poverty compared to the people living around you
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who are the poor?
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children under 18 and women.
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5 kinds of slavery
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1. chattle -p one person owns another
2. child slavery 3. debt bondage - paying of a debt with slavery 4. marriage slavery - marrying into a man that tells you what to do. 5. human trafficking - buying and selling of human beings. |
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poverty and children
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100 million kids are in the streets per night 100 million leave homes to make money. half from latin america.
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neocolonialism
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multi national corporations that move into an area.
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prejudice
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negative thoughts, feelings or beliefs
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discrimination
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when you take an action to harm another group
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stereotype
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applying an exaggerated and unfair description on an entire groups
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race
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physical features on someone
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ethnicity
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ones cultural heritage
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assimilation
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becoming the dominant hroup
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pluralism
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gaining another culture in order to fit in
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homophobia
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a fear or dread of people thought to be homosexual or bisexual
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gender roles
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roles associated with being a certain gender
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pay equity
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belief that wages should reflect a persons job skills and not gender or race
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second shift
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work when you get home from work
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feminism
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women wanting to be equal not better to men
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chronological age
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actual age
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functional age
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how you are able to function at your age
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elder abuse
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1. physical abuse
2. financial abuse 3. emotional abuse |
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elder abuse
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1. physical abuse
2. financial abuse 3. emotional abuse |
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situations that increase elder abuse
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1. poverty
2. addiction 3. if the elder treated the caretaker badly as a kid 4. having to take care of the elder and kids 5. when the elders complain all the time. |
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disengagement theory
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replacing elderly people with younger people in the workplace
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activity theory
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keep people active when they're old and they'll be happy.
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5 stages of death
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1. deny it
2. anger 3. negotiate with god 4. depression 5. acceptance. |
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hospice
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organization that helps people with terminal illness.
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extended family
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aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents
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nuclear family
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your parents and kida
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families of affinity
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very close but not blood related
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monogamy
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two people in a relationship
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polygamy
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when three or more are married
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exogamy
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marrying outside your group
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functions of family
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1. financial support
2. gives us our social placement 3. socialization 4. negate sexual activity |
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romantic love
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sexual and emotional passion
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cohabitation
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a couple to live together
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adoption
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2.1 million kids are living in adopted families. 18,000 foreign born
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teenage pregnancy
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us has highest rate
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family violence
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85% directed toward females, 70% of men that abuse wives, abuse kids as well. 1,400 kids die from child abuse evry year. 1 million child abuse accusations.
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foster care
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800,000 kids live in foster families
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divorce
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misleading to say 50% get divorced.
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why has divorce become so common?
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1. it is socially acceptable
2. it is easy to do 3. women are not as dependent on men 4. self centered society |
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what increases chances at divorce?
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1. being young
2. financial problems 3. if your parents got divorced 4. addiction 5. weak religious affiliation 6. both have a good job. |
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consequences of divorce
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child blames himself
female gets poorer men get richer |
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remarriage
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80% of divorced get remarried
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blended family
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A family where all of the kids don't have the same set of parents.
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health
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physical as well as emotional health
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health care
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not everyone has access
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life expectancy
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increases almost every year
males - 75 years females - 80 years |
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infant mortality rate
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number of children that die within their first year of life per every 1000 births
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alcoholism
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18 million alcoholics
90 billion dollars lost to alcoholism 90% of college crime is alcohol related |
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tobacco
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55 million regular tobacco users
640,000 die prematurely per year |
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illegal drugs
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5.5 million users.
alcohol and tobacco kill 60 times more than illegal drugs. |
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Sexually transmitted Infections
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15 million new cases every year
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living will
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determines what happens to your life or health
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conventional medicine
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we develop symptoms then see a professional
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holistic medicine
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medicine meant to prevent future sicknesses
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mental illness
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stigma, depression happens to most people, 90% have a mental illness in the world at some point.
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