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social problems
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aspect of society that people want changed (or are concerned about); not perceived as problem to everyone; sufficient concern to want problem changed; used sociological imagination to look at what people are concerned about
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objective condition
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what is the social phenomena experience; can be measured; results in subjective concern; ie how many people favor selective abortions of girls
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subjective concern
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level of distress/awareness asscoiated with objective condition; ie wanting to change selective abortions
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society
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relatively self sufficient group of people who live within geographic boundaries and pass a complex way of living from one generation to another
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culture
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complex way of living passed from one generation to another; consists of 3 things being passed- values, norms and roles
passed thru process refered to as socialization which is process thru which we learn expectations of society |
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values
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abstarct set of ideals/ ultimate aims or goals; cannot be shown (can be talked about);
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norms
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rules governing behavior
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roles
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small collection (subset) of norms that when preformed fulfill a function
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symbolic interactionism
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focus on symbols-- refer to things that stand for or indicate something else; process thru which we acquire symbols and use these to influence behavior; done thru interacting with others; tries to decipher how humans can give meaning to symbols; development of mind- allows us to decode symbols; focuses on how symbols are used to communicate with and influence the behavior of others
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macrosociology
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looks at groups of people; refer to this repetitiveness of groups as social structure; assuptions that make up macro:
- 1. systematic part- repetitive- parts/ social structure - 2. parts are interdependent- changes in one changes other parts -3. continually rearranging to create stability and equilibrium |
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functionalism
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social structures exist because they serve a purpose
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social institution
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universal (5)
-family, education, religion. politics, economics |
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social evolutionary theory
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social structure exist because they serve a purpose and the purpose is survival
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conflict theory
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social structures exist because they serve a purpose and the purpose is survival, but NOT for all
-remind us that social structure do not impact everyone the same; not all ; social structures serve everyone or allows everyone to benefit fairly |
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DEVIANCE
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violations of rules governing behavior
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prosititution-
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sexual favors in exchange for monetary remuneration
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Sociology
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study of human interaction
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3 criteria of causation-
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correlation, time order and nonspuriousness
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drug
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any substance used to alter thinking, consciousness or bodily functions and emotions
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violence
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refers to the use of force to cause injury to peoople or destroy property
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3 types of group violence
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Situational, organizational, institutional
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Situational group violence
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spontaneous ,unplanned use of force that results in injury to people or destruction of property; ie bar fight
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organizational group violence
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groups of people who plan on using force to injure people and destroy property in an unauthorized way; ie terrorists, school shootings
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institutional group violence
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planned acts of forces meant to injure people and destroy property; planned and intentionally carried out; they have the right to injure people up to and including killing; includes SWAT and law enforcement
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murder
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when you kill someone you are not authorized to kill
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rape
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unlawful carnal or intimate knowledge of a women without her consent
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