Sociology 101 (Test 1)

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Sociology (p. 5

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the study of human behavior in society

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Conflict theory ( p. 25

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competition for scarce resources

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Generalized other ( p. 20

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Gerog Herbert Mead, a person notion of the common values, norms and expectations of people in society

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Globalization ( p. 26)

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interconnects conflicts and connections from all over the world, dynamic webs that connect between different people

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Latent functions ( p. 24)

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hidden and unintended but important

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Macro level analysis ( p. 26)

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examines large-scale institutional processes

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Manifest functions ( p. 24)

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intended functions the obvious functions, college degree

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Mechanical solidarity ( p. 17

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life is uniform and people are similar, they share a common sense of culture and morality, Dirkheim

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Micro level analysis (p. 26):

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focuses on the way people construct identities from memberships in groups

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Modernism (p. 30)

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abiding faith in the idea of progress

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Multiculturalism (p. 26):

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the understanding of many cultures

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Organic solidarity

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): people who are interdependent

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Paradigm

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): a coherent model of how society works and how individuals are socialized into their roles within it. (Parsons)

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Structural Functionalism

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theory that social life consisted of several distinct integrated levels that enable the world and individuals who are within it, to find stability order and meaning. (parsons)

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Leader (p. 78

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someone in charge

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Hardcore Member (p. 78

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): those who a great deal of power to make policy decisions always spend a lot of time with the group

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Looking- glasses self (p. 66)

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the process by which our identity develops (Cooley)

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Symbolic Interactions (p. 23

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looks at how an individual’s interactions with his or her environment (Georg Herbert Mead)

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Counter Culture:

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subcultures based on difference and opposition to the dominant culture

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Cultural capital

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symbolic resource that can be exchanged to justify dominance

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Cultural diffusion (p. 58):

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which means the spreading of new ideas through society; independent of population movement

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Cultural diversity (p. 39):

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the world's cultures are different from eachother

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Culture Shock:

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feeling of disorientation when we experience a new culture

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Cultural imperialism 57

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deliberate imposition of one countries culture on another

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Cultural relativism (p. 40):

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s position that all cultures are equally valid in the experience of their own members vs. ethnocentrism (believing that your culture is omnipotent)

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Cultural universal (p. 52

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): rituals, customs and symbols are relative in society

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Culture (p. 38)

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): a set of values that put appropriate and inappropriate in perspective

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Material Culture

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things people make (tools/environment)

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Non-Material Culture

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: ideals and beliefs

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Sub Culture:

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: people within the big culture that have different beliefs than dominate culture

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Culture lag (p. 58):

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Ogburn, gap between technology and material culture and its social beliefs and material culture and its social beliefs

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Master status

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Huges

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Network (p. 81

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a type of group that is both looser and denser than a formal group. Simmel used the word ‘web’ to describe this

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Normative organization (p. 84):

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are typically voluntary organizations, members receive monetary rewards and often have to pay to joinlarge secondary groups that are designed to accomplish specific tasks in an efficient manner

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Organization (p. 84):

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large secondary groups that are designed to accomplish specific tasks in an efficient manner

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Out- group (p. 76):

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): is a group that you don’t feel belonging to or you do not feel positively toward

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In Group (p. 76):

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a group you feel positive with and you feel like you belong in it.

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Primary group (p. 75):

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groups that come together for expressive reasons

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Reference group (p. 77

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): a group toward which we are so strongly committed or one that commands prestige that we orient our actions around what we perceive that group’s action would be

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Role (p. 72

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): are sets of behaviors that are expected of a person who occupies a certain status