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Amish Religious Customs
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•Adult baptism 16 yrs old •Meidung (ban) can be forgiven, not until 16 Ex. different religion, accompany ex member, drive car •Marriage: boy get fast horse, it in the winter but not live together until spring •Ministers: Men draw straws the one w/ longest straw in bible is new minister |
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Amish Political Customs
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•Do not vote •Non resistance (do not fight at all) •No Oath taking, always tell truth, to lie is to sin |
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Amish Economic Customs
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•Duty to be Farmers - economic self sufficiency •Division of labor by sex Men: farm land Women: clean and sew clothes •Do not use electricity, dress modestly, speak German at home and church learn English in school |
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Amish Educational Customs
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•3 R's (reading, writing, arithmetic •Limited to 8th grade •Teachers non certified |
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The difference between culture and socialization
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Culture- What we learn Socialization- How we learn |
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Socialization
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The process through which individuals acquire a self identity and the physical, mental and social skills needed for survival in society
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Social Control
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the tools that a society uses to stifle or punish deviance and reward conformity
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Socialization and social control are effective in Amish lifestyle
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Population has increased by 152% in MN
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Internal Control/Self Control/Socialization |
Form of social control that results from the internalization of norms through socialization |
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External Control/Informal/Group Control |
We must respond to the expectations other have for us (peers, family) |
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External Control/ Formal Control |
the enforcement of normative conformity through formal means Ex. police, organizational rules |
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Deviate |
those who violate group norm but are not identified as norm violators and whose acts are not negatively sanctioned by the group. |
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Deviant |
those who violate group norms and are so identified and whose acts are negatively sanctioned by the group Ex.Check Forgery |
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Master Status |
one receives the status and that identification proves to be more important than most others. |
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Check Forgery is distinguished by... |
Low social visibility |
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Characteristics of typical Check forger ? |
•White •Males •Late 20s, Early 30s •skilled, clerical, professional, managerial |
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The check forger relies on PSEUDONYMS |
becomes a real life actor assuming a variety of roles assuming a variety of identities |
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The more successful a check forger is the greater the anxiety. Define "bull horrors" |
Paranoid state and abnormal fear of police |
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Arrest assigns a check forger an.. |
Identity |
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Why is a check forger a deviant? |
1.Violate group norms = check forgery is illegal 2.Are so identified = when caught 3.Are negatively sanctioned by the group = jail time, fines, etc |
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5 master statuses |
1. Deviant (earned) 2. Race 3. Sex 4. Age 5. Ethnicity/ ethnic group (assigned) |
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Social Stratification |
when people are ranked in a hierarchy that differentiate them as inferior or superior. Ex. Jim Crow Laws, the Holocaust |
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Social Differentation |
the process of categorizing persons by some personal attributes. |
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Life Chances |
the probability of experiencing any given outcome of life Ex. prob. getting married, prob. of having ten children, ect. |
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How were different classes of passengers notified about the problem on the board? |
First Class - Knock on doors Second Class - Pound on doors Third Class - Threw open the doors (most passengers did not speak english) |
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What were some reasons there was little sense of panic or urgency among those on the titanic after the ship hit the iceberg? |
1. Many said nothing was wrong. 2. There were no alarm system 3. There were no public address (announcement P.A) system 4. Capt. Smith didn't know what to do 5. Many felt safer on the titanic - they did not want to get in the tiny lifeboat |
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What were some of the reasons few of the lower class passengers made it into the lifeboats? |
1. Little panic - they felt they would get helped soon 2. Many lifeboats left unfilled (got there too late) 3. Endless passages to the deck (got lost on ship) 4. Gates were locked 5. Crew kept 3rd class back for 1st & 2nd class to get on lifeboat first 6. 3rd class neglected to death 7. Too many different languages 8. Many 3rd class passengers felt they were not entitled to the lifeboats |
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Explain how the classes boundaries persisted after death. |
First Class - Coffins on the deck of the recovery ship Second Class - Sewn in to body bags and stored on ice on the recovery ship Third Class - Buried at Sea |
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Stereotypes |
A set of exaggerated and inaccurate generalizations about a group or category of people that is either favorable or unfavorable. |
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Difference between between prejudice and discrimination? |
Prejudice (attitude) - negative beliefs and traits assigned by you to another group Discrimination (action) - negative stereotypes translate into unfair treatment of minority groups |
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Racism |
Discrimination based on racial characteristic, usually skin color. There is nothing genetically or biologically inferior about the minority group. We have chosen characteristics to distinguish the race. |
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Majority Group |
dominant group in society; controls institutions of society - higher status, more privileges, more power ect. Ex. whites and men in the U.S |
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Minority Group |
Subordinate group in society; people with similar characteristics that differ from majority, negatively stereotyped by the dominant group, unfairly discriminated against Ex. Blacks & women in U.S |
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Social Class System |
Social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement |
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Social Mobility |
the movement of an individual or group from one social class or social stratum to another |
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Horizontal Vs. Vertical mobility |
H: Change from one position to another of equal prestige. V: from one position to another of either higher or lower prestige |
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Intergeneration Mobility |
(between) vertical movement comparing a parent with their child |
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Intrageneration Mobility |
(within) vertical movement of the individual through his or her adult life |
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Benevolent Stereotypes |
emphasize apparently "good" things about a social group (women). Can be limiting Ex. women are nurturing, women are quiet |
