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Final Exam Study Guide

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What is the definition of society?   show
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What is the definition of sociology?   show
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What is the definition of socialization?   show
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What is Sociological Imagination?   show
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What is the definition of culture?   show
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show An approach that attempts to answer questions through systematic collection and analysis of data; referred to as the convention model or "scientific method"; two types of empirical studies that sociologist use: descriptive and explanatory.  
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show An approach using religion, customs, habits, traditions, and law to answer important questions; based on what is right and wrong and what "ought to be" in society; answers issues such as assisted suicide.  
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show An approach that works from more general to the more specific; research begins with a theory and uses research to test the theory; "Top-Down" Approach.  
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What is the Inductive Approach?   show
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How do sociologists define technology?   show
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What is a self-concept?   show
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show The complex framework of societal institutions (such as economy, politics, and religion) and the social practices (such as rules and social roles) that make up a society and that organize and establish limits on peoples behavior.  
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show Any physical or social attribute or sign that so devalues a person's social identity that it disqualifies that person from full social acceptance.  
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show A group to which a person belongs and with which the person feels a sense of identity.  
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What is an outgroup?   show
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What is a reference group?   show
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show A larger, more specialized group in which the members engage in more impersonal, goal-oriented relationships for a limited period of time.  
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show The extent to which people say things so they may gain approval of other people.  
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What is conformity?   show
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How would you define a gang?   show
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show Any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in society.  
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show The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources.  
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What is global stratification?   show
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Who is most affected by poverty in low-income economies?   show
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What is standard poverty?   show
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show A level of economic deprivation that exists when people do not have the means to secure the most basic necessities of life.  
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show A condition that exists when people may be able to afford basic necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living.  
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What is subjective poverty?   show
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What is race?   show
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What is an ethnic group?   show
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show A group that is advantaged and has superior resources and rights in a society.  
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show A negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial and ethnic groups.  
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What is racism?   show
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________ refers to the biological and anatomical differences between females and males.   show
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What is gender?   show
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show The subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex.  
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What is patriarchy?   show
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show A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by women.  
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What is aging?   show
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show People born between 1946-1964; partial reason for the median age (the age at which half of the people are younger and half are older) increasing slightly over the past 25 years.  
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What is off-shoring?   show
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What is economy?   show
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What are politics?   show
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show The formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationships among members of a society and between the society and those outside its borders.  
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What is education?   show
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show A system of beliefs, symbols, and rituals based on some sacred or supernatural realm, that guides human behavior, gives meaning to life, and unites believers into a community.  
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What is health care?   show
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What is social psychology?   show
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What are the 3 processes from which changes in population occur?   show
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show Collectives so intensely focused on a specific purpose or object that they may erupt into violent or destructive behavior.  
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What are the reasons for higher infant mortality rates in low-income countries compared to high-income countries?   show
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