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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is culture theory? | this theory claims that everyone has some prejudice within them. Prejudice is apart of culture. |
| what is authoritarian theory? | This theory posits that people who show strong prejudice towards one minority group are usually intolerant of all minority groups. |
| what is Scape goat theory | posits that prejudice emerges from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged. they often blame some or members of their own disadvantaged group for their plight. |
| What is the social distance scale? | scale created by emory bogardus that measures the prejudice on college campuses |
| what is discrimination? | actions taken by a person or by a group to demonstrate unfair treatment to someone or a group because of their race or ethnicity. |
| what is prejudice? | thoughts people have that unfairly judges others because of the group that society puts them in |
| what is a minority group? | a category of people distinguished by physical or cultural differences that are considered subordinates and who are disadvantaged by a dominant group of people. |
| what is ethnicity? | a category of people with a shared culture, heritage, or identity based on factors such as languages, belief system, or country of origin. |
| what is racism? | the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another |
| What is race? | a category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. |
| what is the sociological imagination? | The ability to understand the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society |
| what is critical thinking? | The ability to ask any question within reason, give any answer that can be supported an to do so leaving all bias and prejudice aside. |
| what are the four characteristics of social change? | 1) social change happens all the time 2) social change is sometimes intentional, but often it is unplanned 3) social change is controversial 4) social change matters to some and not to others |
| What is social change? | The transformation o fculture and social institutions over time |
| Examples of social movement? | climate change, LGBTQ movement, multiculturalism, civil rights movement |
| What is social movement? | an organized activity that encourages or discourages social change |
| what is panic? | A form of collective behavior in which people in which people in one pllace react to a threat or other stimulus with irrational, frantic, and often self-destructive behavior |
| What is a fad? | an unconventional social pattern that people embrane briefly but enthusiatically |
| what is fashion? | A social pattern favored by a large number of people |
| What is propaganda? | Information presented with the intension of shaping public opinion |
| What is public opinion? | Wide-spread attitudes or beliefs about controversial issues |
| What is a rumor? | unconformed information that people spread informally, often by word of mouth or social media |
| Theories of Crowd Behavior: Emergent-Norm theory | Crowds begin as a group of people often with various interest and motives |
| Theories of crowd behavior: Convergence Theory | Crowd behavior is generated by like-minded individuals |
| Theories of crowd behavior: Contagion Theory | Crowds have a hypnotic influence on the people in the crowd |
| what are the Six factors of collective behavior | 1) structural conductiveness 2) social strain 3) Generalized belief 4) Precipitating factor 5) Mobilization of participants for action 6) Inadequate social control |
| Why is collective behavior is difficult to study? | 1) It is diverse : it involves a wide range of human behavior 2) variables rumors, fads, fashions, and other forms of collective behavior are transmitted throughout communities, regions, countries, and the world 3) Transitory: behaviors come and go |
| What is the problem with collective behavior? | collective behavior is relatively unstructured and unpredictable |
| What is collective behavior? | Activity involving a large number of people that is unplanned, often controversial, sometimes dangerous, and can bring about change |
| What are the problems in schools? | 1.) violence 2) school drop out rates 3)declining academic standards |
| What are the functions of education? | 1)socialization 2) social placement 3)cultural innovation 4)social integration |
| What is education? | A social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, skills, cultural norms, and values |
| What is testing mode cohabitation? | two people living together to test the relationship to see if they can make a marriage work |
| What is the social conflict theory? | This theory focuses on how the family perpetuates social inequality as it relates to inheritance, patriarchy. and sons are often given more loose privledges (double standards) |
| What is convenience cohabitation? | people who live together for economic and practical reasons |
| What is emancipation ? | Cohabitation to gain freedom usually from parental influence but could be freedom from another relationship that could be threatening or abusive |
| What is the Linus Blanket? | Envolves when one or both parties in the relationship are in the relationship as a result of dependency or insecurity |
| what is cohabitation? | The sharing of a household by an unmarried couple |
| what is Symbolic interaction ? | Focuses on the interactions among family members. this theory addresses the labels that family members are assigned such as father, mother, brother, sister, etc. Family members also reflect intimacy in their interactions |
| What is the structural functional theory? | This theory posits that the family performs the following important functions: 1)socialization 2) status conferred 3) economic support 4) emotional support 5)protection |
| what is. polyandry? | marriage that unites one woman with two or more men |
| What is polygyny? | marriage that unites on man with two or more women |
| What is exogamy? | marriage between people of different social categories |
| what is endogamy? | Marriage between people of the same social category |
| What is marriage? | A legal relationship usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and child bearing |
| What is the family? | Any sexually expressive or parent/child or other kin relationships who are: 1) related by ancestry, marriage, or adoption 2) form of economic unit 3) care for any young 4) consider their identity to be significantly attched to a group 5) are commite |
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