Sociology 101 Exam 2

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culture

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total way of life a society of a society of people

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taboo

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the most serious norm

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values

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general or abstract ideas about what is good or desireable as opposed to what is bad & undesirable in society
i.e. religious lows

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Subculture

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groups of people within society whose shared values, norms, beliefs or set them apart from other people in the society

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Counter Coulture

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subculture whose values and behaviors set its members apart from other people in the soceity

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sanctions-

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violate norm and observeable consequences of behavior

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william sumer

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cointed ethnocentrism,
divided norms into folkways and mores,

i.e.e colonization

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social institutions

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a set of ideas about the prooper response to an important & societial problem (status, roles, values and norms)

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cultural leveling

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occurs when differnt cultues come to to seem alike as a result of a great deal of cultural diffusion

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what is a symbol

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anything that represents something else to more than one person

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material culture

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artifacts by products of human behavior; physical objects that have no meaning or use apart from what people give them

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non material culture

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norms, beliefs, values ideas etc.

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sanctions (informal and Formal)

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Comment or booing (negative I) smile (negative I) ticekt (negative F) getting and A (positive F)

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statuses

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position a person occupies

ones position within a social structure
president of US occupational status

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Roles

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behavior taught to a status

ie. if a professor, role is to teach

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master statues

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filter through which other statues are perceived.

ie gender

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role strain

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many roles attached to status (makes it hard)

police officer required to meet all demands

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role conflict

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demands of roles clash
juvenille court judge, who is also a parents

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primary group

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family/friendship groups
learn roles inside population

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secondary group

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members of a larger group

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formal organization

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what groups of people band together to achieve a goal relationship with each other

ie sociology class

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status inconsistancy

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multiple statues with one person that clash

older adult in college class, older than professor

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status symbol

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material things that make a person appear to of a certain status

ie wedding ring

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acheived status

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acheived worked for

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ascribed status

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inherited

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bureaucracy
"iron Cage"

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fully rationalized organizations calculated to meet organization goals most efficiently

ie government, major corporations

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ideal types

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analytic construct *exsists only in the abstarct

MAX WEBER

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social institution

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accepted and persistent constellation of statues, roles, values and norms hat respond to the important societal needs

ie family, prison, school

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society

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groups of people with similar interests joining together as members

ie marine corps

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ideal type

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pure form of an an organization

ideal family would have everything you would want

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habituatlized

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when a specific behavior becomes a pattern

ie not talking in class

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attributes of social institutions

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unplanned, conservative, interdependent, statues roles, values

ie police and courts depend on each other to function normally

devlop gradually

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aristocracy

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"rule by the best"

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Theocracy

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rule by god or gods representitives

ie vatican city

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monotheism

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belief in one god

ie christianity

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polyandry

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marriage between one of and 2 or more husbands

small culture in nepal

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societal needs

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essentials for surviving in a society

continuing supply of new members
socialze new members
deal with members sickness
select job/tasks
create knowledge
control members
defend against enemies
produce good/promote unity

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serial monogamy

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marrige between 1 husband and 1 wife

norm in america

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tyrrany

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rule by an absolute or oppressive ruler

hittler

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animism

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the idea that a life force escits in all living beings and that people ought to live in harmony with the rest of the natural world

ie indians