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Social Problem terms
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
01/14/2012

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Subjective Nature of Social Problems
Definition
What is and what is not a social problem is a matter of definition. Thus, Social problems vary by time and place.
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Objective reality of social problems
Definition
Some societal conditions harm certain segments of the population and therefore are social problems.
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Self- Actualization
Definition
The assumed need (Maslow) of individuals for creative and constructive involvement in productive, significant activity.
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Institutionalized deviance
Definition
When a society is organized in such a way as to disadvantage some of its members.
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Social problems
Definition
Societally induced conditions that harm any segment of the population, and acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society.
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Sociological imagination
Definition
C. Wright Mills term emphasizing that individual troubles are inextricably linked to social forces.
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Person-Blame
Definition
The assumption that social problems result from the pathologies of individuals.
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System-Blame
Definition
The assumption that social problems result from social conditions.
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Cultural Deprivation
Definition
The assumption by the members of a group that the culture of some other group is not only inferior but also deficient, This term is usually applied by members of the majority to the culture of a minority group.
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Recidivism
Definition
Re-involvement in crime.
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Social Darwinism
Definition
The belief that the place of people in the stratification system is a function of their ability and effort.
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Deviant Behavior
Definition
Activity that violates the norms of social organization.
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Sociological Theory
Definition
A set of ideas that explains a range of human behavior and a variety of social and societal events.
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Sample
Definition
A representative part of a population.
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Variable
Definition
An attitude, behavior, or condition that can vary in magnitude and significance from case to case.
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Longitudinal Surveys
Definition
The Collection of information about the same persons over many years.
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Control Group
Definition
The subjects not exposed to the independent variable.
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Experimental Group
Definition
The subjects exposed to the independent variable.
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Dependent Variable
Definition
The variable that is influenced by the effect of another variable.
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Independent Variable
Definition
A variable that affects another variable.
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