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33 Cards in this Set
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the scientific study of population
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demography
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unit of social organization, either spatial or political, that gives people a sense of belonging
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community
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state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absense of disease and infirmity
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health
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the study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health stats across a population
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social epidemiology
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significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture
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social change
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organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society
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social movements
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the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still struggling to adapt to new matieral conditions
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culture lag
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cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires
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technology
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chemical and biological agents being used intentionally as weapons of mass destruction
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bioterrorism
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a formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner
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education
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standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools
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hidden curriculum
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an increase in the lowest level of education needed to enter a field
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credentialism
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the practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of their test scores and other criteria
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tracking
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the impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the studen's actual achievements (interactionist view on education)
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teacher-expectancy effect
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the ability to exercise one's will over others
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power
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the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others
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force
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the exercise of power through a process of persuasion
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influence
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power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised
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authority
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type of authority where legitimate power is conferred by custom and accepted practice
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traditional authority
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power made legitimate by law by the written rules and regulations of a political system
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legal-rational authority
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power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers (joan of arc)
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charismatic authority
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an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits
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capitalism
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the means of production and distribution in a society are collectively rather than privately owned
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socialism
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the systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity, such as factories and plants
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deindustrialization
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a condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
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social inequality
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a structured ranking of entire groups of peoplle that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society
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stratification
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an inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other types of property
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wealth
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as subservient countries make economic advances, they remain weak compared to the core nations because of redistribution of resources
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dependency theory
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the worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets
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globalization
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the far-reaching process through which developing nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies
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modernization
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the process by which people come to define a group or race based on physical, historical, cultural and economic factors
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social construction
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a negative attitude toward an entire catigory of people
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prejudice
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organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on meeting basic social needs
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social institutions
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