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| Expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes and activities of males and females |
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| o Concern for the maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family |
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| o Concern for the maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family |
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| o An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individuals gender, race, or ethnicity |
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| o The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged |
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| o Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality |
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| o The ideology that one sex is superior to the other |
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| o The double burden-work outside the home followed by child care and housework-that many women face and few men share equitably |
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| o A functionalist theory of aging that suggests that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships |
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| o An interactionist theory of aging that suggests that those elderly people who remain active and socially involved will be best adjusted |
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| o A stressful period of self-evaluation that begins at about 40 |
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| o The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children. (conflicts from older generation and the younger generation) |
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| o Prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s age (against the older) |
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| o A set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed upon relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society |
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| o A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time |
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| o Men rule in this. Men are the decision makers, and the ladies follow the men |
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| o The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group |
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| o In a legal sense, a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities , and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents |
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| o A society in which women dominate in family decision making |
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| o An authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals |
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| o A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things |
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| o A religious organization that claims to include most or all members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion |
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| o The process through which religion’s influence on other social institutions diminishes |
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| o Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe, respect, and even fear. |
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| o the ordinary and commonplace elements of life, as distinguished from the sacred |
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| o Use of a church, primarily Roman Catholicism, in a political effort to eliminate poverty, discrimination, and other forms of injustice from a secular society |
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| o goal was to have a good time |
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| o A common practice or belief found in all cultures (happen in some form in every culture (ex. Family, religion) |
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| o A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner |
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| o An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field(Increasing higher number of degrees in a professor) |
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| • Teacher – expectancy effect- |
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| o The impact that a teacher’s expectations about a student’s performance may have on the student’s actual achievements (teacher expecting you to do well, and you do, do well) |
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| o The social institution that is founded on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving society’s goals |
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| o Openly donated and giving to the candidate |
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| o The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims |
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| o Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice. (A king or queen. Power giving by custom, and expected practice) |
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| o Power made legitimate by a leader’s exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers. |
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| o The social institution through which goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed |
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| o An economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits |
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| o Control of a market by a single business firm |
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| o An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned (owned publicly, its shared) |
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| o Transfers of money, goods, or services that are not reported to the government |
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| A condition of estrangement or dissociation from the surrounding society |
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| o Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities |
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| o Reductions taken in a company’s workforce as part of deindustralization |
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| • Culture – bound syndrome |
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| o A disease or illness that cannot be understood apart from its specific social context |
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| o Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill |
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| o The study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population |
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| o The number of new cases of a specific disorder that occur within a given population during a stated period |
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| o A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging, based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity (need specific) |
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| o A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their suburbs |
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| o An area of study that is concerned with the interrelation, an open class system, and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods |
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| o A theory of urban growth developed by harris and ullman that views growth as emerging from many centers of development, each of which reflects a particular urban need or activity |
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| o A theory of urban grown in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district |
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| o Immanuel wallerstein’s view of global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited |
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| o The scientific study of population |
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| o An enumeration, or counting of a population |
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| o lives births per 1,000 in a year (also known as crude birthrate) |
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| o The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a year |
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| • Emergent norm perspective- |
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| o A theory of collective behavior proposed by turner and killian that holds that a collective definition of appropriate and inappropriate behavior emerges during episodes of collective behavior.(developed by Ralph Turner, and Luis Killin. When crowds emerge. ) |
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| o A recurring, relatively routine gathering of people, such as a college class |
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| o A temporary gathering of people in close proximity who share a common focus or interest |
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| o A sudden or disruptive event or set of events that overtaxes a community’s resources, so that outside aid is necessary |
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| o A temporary pattern of behavior that involves large numbers of people and is independent of preceding trends |
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| o A fearful arousal or collective flight based on a generalized belief that may or may not be accurate |
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| o Expressions of attitudes on matters of public policy that are communicated to decision makers |
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| o Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture, including norms and values |
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| o A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction |
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| o Those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change, and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo |
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| o A period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions |
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| o A former policy of the South African government, designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites |
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| o Cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires |
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