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What is Sociology?
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Sociology engages in the systematic study of human socitety and social interaction.
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What is a problem??
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A problem is a social condition that has negative consequences for individuals, our social world, or physical world
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What helps us define right from wrong??
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Culture helps us determine what is right and what is wrong
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What do Sociological exams of socio problems focus on??
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the focus on society and are socially constructed by culture.
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What are the 4 element
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-cause physical or mental damage
-offend values& standards of some -persist for an extended period of time -generate competing proposed solutions because of varrying evaluations |
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Why is opinion of marginalized important in the analysis of social probs??
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The majority's opinion maybe inaccurate
-ppl are often blind to systematic injustices that benifit them |
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What is Person Blame??
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assumption that social problems result from pathologies of individuals
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What are some consequences of person blame???
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-frees the institutions of society from blame and effort to change them
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What is system blame?
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assumption that social problems result ffrom social conditions
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Reasons for system blame.
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need to balance perspective of avg. citizen,cop, and legislator who typically uses this approach
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