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Most Powerful Type Of Behavior Control
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Peer Pressure
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What is Cognitive Dissonance?
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Two conflicting ideas in one mind at the same time.
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Who created Cognitive Dissonance?
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Leon Festinger
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What is a norm?
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Expected behaviors of members of society.
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What is a folkway?
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A mild norm that lacks moral significance.
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What is a more?
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An extreme norm with a great deal of moral significance.
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What is a role?
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An expected behavior.
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What is a status?
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A position in society.
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What is an ascribed status?
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It is something you are born with.
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What is a achieved status?
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It is something you have done.
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What is socialization?
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The internalization of the norms of the culture.
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What are the five agents of socialization?
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1. Family 2. TV 3. Media 4. Internet 5. Public School
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What are the five universal social institutions?
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Family, Religion, Economics, Education, and Government.
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What is a culture?
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Everything learned and shared by society members.
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What is a subculture?
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A culture within a culture that accepts the mainstream culture.
(Muslims, Sports Events, Military, Students) |
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What is a counter culture?
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A culture that rejects the mainstream culture.
(Homosexuals, KKK, Gangs, Amish, Al Qaeda) |
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What are the goals of sociology?
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D. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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What is reliability?
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Do the same study, get the same results.
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What is Validity?
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Does the study measure what it is supposed to?
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What are two main perspectives to sociology?
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Functional (conservative) and Conflict (receptive to chance).
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Who was Marx?
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An economic determinist
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What was the Milgram experiment?
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It measured obedience
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What was the Rosenthaw Studies?
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It illustrated the self-fulfilling prophecy
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Who was Charles Darwin?
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He wrote the Theory of Evolution "Origin of Species".
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What were Marx's two classes?
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Proletariat: workers
Bourgeoisie: owners |
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What is social class?
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It comes about when people treat others as equals.
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What is prejudice?
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Prejudging
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What is stereotyping?
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Assigning group characteristics without allowing individual differences.
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What is racism?
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Believing your race is genetically superior.
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Which president was a card carrying member of the KKK?
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President Johnson (LBJ) In the Mid 60's.
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How did they diminish the rights of the KKK?
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Civil Litigation
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What caused the resurgence in the late 90's?
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Radical right wing talk shows.
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What is the nuclear family?
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Your biological parents and siblings.
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What is the rate of domestic violence?
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1/3 households. 33%
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What is the weakening of the extended family?
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Urbanization
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What are the universal functions of the family?
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(RRAPS) Reproduction, Regulation of sex, Affection and companionship, Protection, Socialization
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What is the Florida Statues reporting child abuse?
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Chapter 39
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What are the big 3?
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Money Sex Children
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What is Reis' Love Wheel?
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Rapport, Self-Revelation, Mutual Dependency, Need Fulfilling
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What is the essence of communication?
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Body Language: 55% Tone of voice: 38% Words: 7%
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What are the high risk indicators of divorce?
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Getting married under 19, Short term acquaintance, Parental Disapproval, Urban Dwellers, Non Church Goers, Dissimilar Backgrounds.
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What is a victim?
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One who has been negatively affected by outside means.
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What is the Power Elite?
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Government, Military, Corporations, Media.
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Who wrote the Power Elite?
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C. Wright Mills
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What is gross use of ideology?
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National Security, One Party System, Control of the media.
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Is Totalitarianism possible under the current system?
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Yes!
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What are 3 important constitutional amendments?
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The 4th (Search and Seizure)
The 8th (Cruel and unusual punishment) The 14th (Due Process) Searching is a cruel process |
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What are the two models of power?
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Pluralist and Elite
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What are Pluralists?
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Power is competing in various groups.
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What is the Elite?
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Shared by a handful of people.
(Gov, Mil, Corp, Media) |
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Who is Arlen Spector?
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He created the magic bullet theory.
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Who is David Atlee Phillips?
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The CIA Operatives number 1
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What is a marriage squeeze?
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The imbalance of eligible Men to Women.
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What is the pro-life pro-choice argument?
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Where does life begin.
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What were the tax rate for the rich in the 1950's?
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90%
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Who dismantled our manufacturing infrastructure?
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Ronald Reagan
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What is the dead peasant procedure?
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Company taking out an insurance policy.
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What field are our gifted students going into?
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Finances
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What was the 2nd bill of rights?
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Security and Prosperity
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What is DSM IV?
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Well recognized standards for diagnosis.
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Which way is the divorce rate going?
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It is decreasing slightly
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IQ tests are NOT valid because,
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They are culturally biased.
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Premarital sex is what kind of behavior?
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Normal
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Adultery and Nudity are a violation of what?
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Mores
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What is Protestant Ethic?
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Work hard, you will succeed.
Work glorifies God. God favors the rich.God disfavors the sloth. |
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Why is man religious?
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(UPS) Uncertainty, Powerlessness, Scarcity
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What are the 3 universal functions of religion?
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(RCA)
Relief of guilt Clarification of the world Aid in critical stages |
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What are two types of sexual harassment?
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Quid Pro Quo and Hostile work environment
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What is the ultimate goal of corporate America?
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The maximization of profits.
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Why is teaching a low status occupation?
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1. Usually women.
2. Less skilled. 3. Not given the tools of their profession. |
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What did Marx say about religion?
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1. Religion is the opeiut (drug) of the people.
2. As mans ability to explain things scientifically increase, religion will fade away. |
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What is faith?
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Belief without evidence.
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After losing the national influence, the KKK remained strong in which area?
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The Southeast
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What does Darwin's survival of the fittest means?
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The species able to multiply fastest than it dies off will survive.
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When were Jim Crow laws enacted?
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Between 1876 and 1965
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