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05/03/2010

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Sociology and Science are similar how? name three
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scientific observation
absolute conclusions about data
systematic and methodical
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Socioloogy
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the study of human group behavior
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Funbdamental factors in stratification
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education & income
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Max weber believe class is closely related to??
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life chances
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Social Darwinists
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believed the strongest person should control the resources of society
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the structural functionist explanatiobn of stratification is
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there is a limited # 9of talented people - they should be awarded
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Dimensions of stratificiation
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class, status & power
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Geography
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social science that deals with human use of the natural environment
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the notiobn that social institutions reinforce & legitimize class divisions is derived from?
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Karl Marx
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Where does specialezed socialization occur most frequently
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occupaitonal group organizations
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Each stage presenbts an individual with "crises of self-definition"
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Erikson
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development theorty -
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development theory - a child of eight can master addition
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Piaget
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physchoanalytical theory - emphasizes the importance of unconscious level of personality
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Freud
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theory of moral development claims universal validity
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Kohlberg
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three stages of moral development - pre-conventional/conventional and post-conventional
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Kohlberg
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theory of personality - stressing self-concept & self- actualization
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maslow & rogers
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major critism his over emphasis on early childhood
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freud
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Personality development proceeds in stages related to sensory-motor maturation
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Piaget
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Cooley's looking glass
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refers to a person's perception as to what other think of him/her
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what is the newest challenge to a family's socialization
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day-care center
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function to deflect anxiety
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defense mechanisms
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if you hang out with bums you'll become a bum
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differential association
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attainment not possible for all
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anomie theory
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when parents give rewards for certain male/female behavior
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social learning theory
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pluralist societies depend upon....
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coexistence for their existence
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almost all children know their sex & how each sex is suppose to behave by what age
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three or four
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classs is closely related to life chances
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max weber
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pervasiven ess of the ideology
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sexist ideology
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classes are de5ermined by the relationship of a goupr in society to the means of production
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karl marx
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when a minority group accepts the cluture of a dominant group
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assimilation
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difference between government & state
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government is a process and state is an abstract symbol
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where did facism first emerge
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italy
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totalitariabn
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controls the individual both socially & politically
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what do conflict theory see the states function as?
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protecting the interest of the elite only
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gerrymandering
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redrawing of voting district boundaries to manipulate nthe elections outcome
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centrifugal force
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throws things away from center
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Every state has how many US reps and how many senators
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Each state has how many US reps and how many senators
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1 us rep and 2 senators
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Rouysseau's theory of nation-state
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states develop first and a sense of nation follows
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how much of us land is owned by the feds
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1/3
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unitary government
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central governement holds power
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parliamentary form
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legislature elects chief executive
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irredent
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territorial claims on neighbour
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centrifugal force
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subnaturalization
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threshhold principle
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submits authority
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iconography
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national symbols
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federal system
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sub units share authority
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centripetal force
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example: military training
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social darwinism
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best cultures prevail over others
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gerrymandering
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manipulating district boundaries
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conflict theorists
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inequality from class struggle
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what are the five pivitol institutions
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family economy government education religion
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geography
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the study of the interaction of all physical & human phenomena at individual places and its interactions
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physical geogrpahy
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climate, soil & vegetation
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human geography
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groups & activities (language, industry)
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cultural geography
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groups & activities (language, industry)
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geography is the geek word for
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earth description
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formal region
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physical or cultural regions
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functional regions
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interatctions such as trade and communications
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vernaclar region
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everyday language
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hydrosphere
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the water realm of Earth's surface
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atmosphere
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thin layer of gases surrounding earth to an altitude of less than 480 KM or 300 miles
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lithosphere
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solid earth
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biosphere
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all living organisms
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longitude
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east/west represented by imaginary lines called meridians (extending from pole to pole)
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prime meridian
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from which longitude is measured
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latitude
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angular distance measures north and south of equator
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small scale map
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shows the land in a very small space
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large scale map
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show the area in large space (street map)
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conformal map
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distort size but preserves shape
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equal area mapq
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preserves size but distorts shape
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angle of incidence
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the angle of which solar radiation strikes a particular place at any point in time
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rastor GIS
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uses pixels, usually in columns & rows
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vector gis
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uses points, lines and areas
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landsat (satellite) pixels can depict how small and area
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6 inches by 6 inches
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Arnold Toynbee's "challenge - response" theory holds that:
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harsh natural environments encourage innovative and vigorous socieites.
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acculturation
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area where culture prevauls
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popular culture
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embraces global fashions
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