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Soc 101 Exam 1

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Social Facts   according to Emile Durkheim "the aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals" durkheim believe social facts could be studied scientifically suicide, marriage and birth rate are controlled by social facts  
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Social Interaction   The process by which we act and react to those around us.  
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Social Structure   The underlying regularities or patterns in how people behave in their relationships with one another. different social structures.  
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Sociological Imagination   How we understand our daily life. "in our own world" limited perpective and point of view. C Wright Mills. Imaginative thought to sociological questions  
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Symbolic Interaction   wants to understand what it means to be a part of the society. studies culture values and behavior of societal member to understand meaning that exists.  
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Culture   Way of life shared by a group of people. Makes societies unique. provides guidelines for carrying out tasks.  
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subculture   smaller cultural groups that exist within but differ in someways from the prevailing culture  
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counterculture   group of people whose values, norms and behavior clash with those of the prevalent culture (hippies in the 70's)  
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culture lag   idea that often takes culture a little bit longer time to catch up to changes within society, changes that take longer  
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folkways   FOLKWAYS:rules about ordinary matters (face the door in an elevator)  
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norms   define principles, expectations or rules of behavior that people of a given society or culture are expected to observe  
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mores   rules about serious matters (dont steal or cheat)  
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taboos   rules about serious unusual situations (cannibalism)  
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ethnocentrism   viewing and judging other cultures based on your own culture  
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cultural relativity   Being open minded about other cultures. view equally  
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material culture   physical artifacts  
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ethnomethodology   break norms to discover rules of interaction. (the way people make sense of their everyday world)  
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis   Linguistic relativity hypothesis. argues that language influences our perceptions of the world (BECAUSE) we are more likely to be aware of things if we have words for them  
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research process   Identify problem (theory --> hypothesis), Design test (methods), Collect data (primary vs secondary), Analyze data  
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theory   series of interrelated propositions which attempts to describe, explain, predict, and control some class of events. ** CANNOT be tested, only hypothesis can.  
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population vs sample   population- entire group of individuals sample- smaller group of that population that represents it equally  
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quantitative vs qualitative   quant- # qual- quality, not numers  
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reliability vs validity   reliability (grouped together on the target) - confidence instrument of measure working etc. validity (center of the target)- measure is correct reliability not warrant validity  
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informed consent   person's agreement  
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dependent vs independent variable   dependent: the variable that is being measured independent: cause changes in the dependent variable  
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Socialization   the lifelong process of learning to become a member of the social world  
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generalized other   Concept in Mead's theory: the general values and moral rules of the culture in which they are developing  
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identity   people's understandings about who they are and what is meaningful to them... * some sources of identity- gender, sexual orientation, nationality  
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self   reflexive understanding of who we are  
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role   expected behaviors, rights and obligations associated with a status  
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status (positions)   ASCRIBED:sex age race ACHIEVED: job, college  
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life course   the various transitions people experience during their lives  
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looking glass self   shaping ones self based on others' perceptions  
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agents of socialization   family, education, peers, media, religion, nation, work, sport etc.  
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cognitive development   piaget; distinct stages i which children learn about themselves and their environment. acquisition and succesful completion of the preceding stage.  
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division of labor   specialization of work tasks/different occupations are combined within a product system  
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impression management   the impression we try to give, the impression we actually give, reciprocal exchange, the told of tact and humor tact- the ability to describe others as they see themselves  
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front stage, back stage   goffman: front: performance is open to those who judge it back: one can refine self w/o audience to judge it  
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dramaturgy   GOFFMAN: interaction is two people constantly creating the self they want others to see (front and backstage)  
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master status   something that defines you; like a physical disability  
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role conflict   tension between the roles of two statuses (student and son taking care of education vs taking care of family)  
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role strain   tension within one status (single parent being a caregiver and a provider, juggling school and work etc)  
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status inconsistency   some status characteristics rank relatively high and others rank relatively low.  
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status set   all statuses a person holds at a given time  
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social organization   people in a society organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships  
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groups and organization   organization: a larger group of individuals with a definite set of authority relations groups: people having common interests etc  
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bureaucracy:   Close links between organizations and bureaucratic tendencies. type of organization marked by clear heirarchy of authority and the existence of written rules of procedure and staffed by full time sallaried officials  
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dyad, triad   group consisting of 2 individuals 3 individuals  
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formal organization   means by which a group is rationally designed to achieve its objectives. *often by means of rules, regulations and procedures  
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expressive needs vs instrumental needs   expressive: intimacy, companionship instrumental: task oriented needs  
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McDonaldization   Ritzer: Elements of fast food chain are coming to dominate more and more sectors of society  
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primary, and secondary groups   primary: basics of culture secondary: roles  
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reference group   group which another one is compared to  
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groupthink   practice of thinking in a group in a way that discourages creativity and individuality  
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social network   social structure made up of individuals or organizations called NODES that are tied together by different types of interdependency ie kinship, common interest, dislike, etc  
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