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31 Cards in this Set
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Stratification by sex/gender |
People that are treated differently because of their gender |
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Minority status by gender |
Power differentials in our society. |
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Rape and crime victimization by age and sex |
Women are most likely the victim of rape |
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Crime and perpetrator characterized by sex |
Men commit the majority of crime & they victimize women most |
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Government stability and source of power |
Society is based on rational/ legal form "Laws" |
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Rational- legal authority |
the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality. |
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Charismatic leadership |
Someone who god has given a gift; Someone who exerts extraordinary appeal to a group of followers. |
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Direct Democracy |
A form of democracy in which the eligible voters meet together to discuss issues & make their decisions |
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Representative democracy |
Democracy in which voters elect representatives to meet together to discuss issues and make decisions on their behalf. |
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Monarchy |
A form of government headed by a king/queen. |
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Oligarchy |
A form of government in which a small group of individuals holds power; the rule of the many by the few. ` |
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Nuclear Family |
Husband, wife, & child(ren) |
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Extended family |
A family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts etc. who all live together/ nearby. |
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Endogamy |
The practice of marrying w/in one's own group
e.g. Marrying a cousin to keep the wealth in the family |
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Exogamy |
Marrying outside the community, clan or tribe. |
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Patriarchy |
A group in which men as a group dominate women as a group; authority is vested in females |
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Matriarchy |
A society in which women as a group dominate men as a group; authority is vested in females |
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Bilineal |
A system of reckoning descent that counts both the mothers and the fathers side |
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Division of work duties within family by sex/gender |
"Roles" e.g women clean/ cook ; men work |
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Credentialism |
Belief in or reliance on academic or other formal qualifications as the best measure of a person's intelligence or ability to do a particular job |
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Hidden curriculum |
The unwritten goals of schools, such as teaching obedience to authority and comformity to cultural norms |
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Gatekeeping |
The process by which education opens and closes doors of opportunity |
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Religion and social control |
The effect religion has on society |
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Fecindity |
The # of children that women are capable of bearing |
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Demography |
The study of the size, composition, growth or shrinkage and distributuions of human populations |
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Legal migration patterns by regions of the world |
High rate of legal migration in North America |
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Diffusion of responsibility |
less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when others are present |
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Infrastructure |
basic physical & organizational structures & facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise |
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Social change |
the alteration of culture and societies over time |
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Cultural lag |
Ogburn's term Human behavior lagging behind technological innovations |
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Ogburn's theory |
-Inventions (material or social) -Discovery (new ways of seeing things) -Diffusion (spread of above from one area to another) |
