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sociology final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Karl Marx | Saw society as being made up of individuals in different social classes who must compete for resources. |
| Theodor Adorno | Believed Capitalism corrupts us and that leisure time should be used to expand our minds and better ourselves, not mindless entertainment |
| Emile Durkheim | Claimed that modern society and material wealth has actually made us less fulfilled |
| Max Weber | Stated that we humans are in an “Iron Cage” and modern society is ‘depersonalizing’ and ‘alienating.’ |
| Karl Marx | Social institutions like government, education, and religion reflect competition in their inherent inequalities and help maintain the unequal social structure. |
| Theodor Adorno | Thought we have let consumer culture brainwash us into wanting what we don’t need and we will never feel satisfied. |
| Emile Durkheim | Industry, progress, technology move so fast we no longer feel connected society or each other. |
| Max Weber | We are all just cogs in the machine and disconnected from the heart of our work |
| Functionalism | just as the various organs of the body work together to keep the body functioning the various parts of society work together to keep society functioning |
| Conflict Theory | looks at society as a competition for limited resources |
| Symbolic interactionalism | people attach meanings to symbols, and then they act according to their subjective interpretation of these symbols. |
| Agents of socialization | school, family, peers, the media |
| Ethnicity | Based on cultural expression and place of origin |
| Race | Based on similar physical and biological attributes |
| Hostile sexsism | beliefs and behaviors that are openly hostile toward a group of people based on their sex or gender |
| Benevolent sexism | views and behaviors that frame women as: innocent pure caring and nurturing fragile and in need of protection beautiful |
| ambivalent sexism | a combination of benevolent and hostile sexism. People who engage in ambivalent sexism may vary between seeing women as good, pure, and innocent and seeing them as manipulative or deceitful, depending on the situation. |
| institutional sexism | sexism that is entrenched in organizations and institutions, |
| Interpersonal sexism | manifests during interactions with others. |
| Liberal feminism | Nobody benefits from existing inequalities: both men and women are harmed The explanation for gender inequality lies not so much in structures and institutions of society but in its culture and values. |
| Marxist/socialist feminism | Capitalism rather than patriarchy is the principal source of women’s oppression, and capitalists as the main beneficiaries. |
| radical feminism | Blames the exploitation of women on men. It is primarily men who have benefitted from the subordination of women. Women are an oppressed group. |
| Representational Racism | Depictions of racial stereotypes are common in popular culture and media, like the historical tendency to cast people of color as criminals and as victims of crime rather than in other roles |
| Ideological Racism | world views, beliefs, and common sense ways of thinking that are normal in a society or culture. |
| Interactional Racism | expressed in how we interact with each other. |
| Discursive Racism | often expressed linguistically, in the "discourse" we use to talk about the world and people in it. |
| Systemic Racism | the country was founded on racist beliefs that created racist policies and practices, and because that legacy lives today in the racism that courses throughout the entirety of our social system. |
| Recidivism | the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. |
| Differential Association Theory | We learn deviance or conformity from the groups we associate with |
| Labeling theory | labels become part of our identity |
| Strain theory | Crime is normal, We all have the same goals, Not everyone has equal access for the legitimate means (Institutionalized Means) of achievement |
| Mores | Norms that have moral dimensions and should be followed by members of a society |
| Folkways | Norms that lack moral significance |
| Taboos | A forbidden act considered so offensive to norms, particularly mores (moral norms) as to be reviled and unthinkable. |
| Authoritarian | Strict, harsh punishments; unbending rules |
| Authoritative | Firm, fair punishments; clear rules |
| Permissive | No punishment; few rules |
| Uninvolved | No emotional support; no rules |
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