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Sociology Chpt 3
The College Network prep course for CLEP exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absolute poverty | The state where people are deprived of basic necessities and struggle for day-to-day survival. |
| achieved status | A social position that an individual voluntarily occupies as a result of their effort or choice. |
| activity theory | The concept that a high level of personal activity increases the life satisfaction of older people. |
| acute diseases | Diseases that occur suddenly and cause a dramatic decline in daily functioning, including death. |
| age stratification | The unequal distribution of wealth, prestige, and power at different stages of the life course. |
| ageism | Discrimination and prejudice against a person or group on the bases of age. |
| agents of socialization | Those groups, institutions, and people from which we learn the patterns of our culture. |
| aggregates | Collections of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time. |
| Amitai Etzioni | Identified the three types of formal organizations on the basis of purpose of participation. |
| animism | The belief that elements of the natural world are imbued with a spiritual or life force that has an influence on the rest of the world. |
| anomie | A condition or situation of normlessness in which society provides little moral and behavioral guidance to individuals. |
| anticipatory socialization | Social learning that is directed towards occupying a new position and the expected behaviors of that position. |
| ascribed status | A social position that is acquired at birth or involuntarily acquired later in life. |
| assimilation | Process by which members of subordinate groups adapt to and become absorbed by the dominant culture. |
| Auguste Comte | Coined the term sociology and believed that the application of the scientific method to the study of industrial society would lead to its improvement. |
| authoritarian personality | A personality characterized by rigid conformity to conventional expectitions, insecurity, intolerance,stereotypic thinking, and submissiveness to authority. |
| authoritarianism | A political system in which people are denied the ability to participate in government. |
| authority | Power that peopl perceive as legitimate. |
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