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32 Cards in this Set
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ethnocentrism
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Tendency to use one's own culture as a standard against which to judge other people's culture
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Anomie
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a situation that occurs when there is a disjuncture between the goals promoted by society and the availability of legitimate means to achieve those goals
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Primary group
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where most important socialization takes place. learn rules of social life and cooperation
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ascribed status
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status that is bestowed upon an individual regardless of his or her efforts or wishes
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Achieved status
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status earned by the individual through his or her own efforts
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Bourgeoisie
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class of people who own the means of production in modern society
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Proletariat
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lowest class of citizens; the workers
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triangulation
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researching one topic/issue in 3 different ways
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symbolic interactionism
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define and redefine meaning as they interact w/one another
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conflict theorist
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diverse groups with conflicting values; compete for scarce resources
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Functionalist
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system interdependent parts; all must fulfill certain functions
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I and Me
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Me: Object as others see
I: my response to the way others see me |
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Looking Glass Self
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1- imagine how you look to others
2- imagine the other's reaction to our appearance 3- have some self feeling (shame, pride) |
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Intergenerational mobility
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changes in position in the stratification system by diff. generations of family members
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Intragenerational mobility
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the mobility that occurs within a person's lifetime
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Gemeinschaft
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communal relationship; friends/acquaintance w/someone as a personal choice, for your own pleasure
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Gesellschaft
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social relationship; choosing to be friends with someone in hopes of benefiting personally as a result
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Micro Level Theory
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studying on a very individual level. Studying what causes a person's individual actions
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Macro Level Theory
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studying actions of people ona broad level. Trying to figure out what causes so many people to act in a particular way.
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Taboos
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Norms so deeply held that even the thought of violating them upsets people
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Mores
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"anything but casual"
reflect important rules |
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Folkways
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casual norms; violations not taken very seriously
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Social Issues
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value cherished by public is threatened
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personal troubles
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private matters; problems whose causes originate within the individual
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leveling
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different cultures come to seem alike as a result of a great deal of cultural diffusion
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subculture
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a group of people whose shared specialized values, norms, beliefs, or use of material culture sets them apart from others in society
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material culture
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things that humans make or adapt from the raw stuff of nature
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socializing agent
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aspects a person interacts with as they evolve
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role conflict
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involves a conflict between the expectations of two or more rules
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status inconsistency
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when you have two or more statuses that people perceive to be at odds with one another
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role strain
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when the demands of a specific role are very heavy and possibly even impossible to meet
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Social stratification
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evaluated on some basis of characteristics
then --> placed into higher/lower ranking groups -layers of hierarchy |
