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Ch 1

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condition of society that can be measured or experienced. Ex). marijuana-whether marijuana is legal, who obtains it and under what circumstances

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Objective Concerns

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where you are located in society Ex). when michael considers how his race, age marital status and income compares to that of other americans he is considering Social Location

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social location

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When researchers focus on how the relationships we share with family, friends and coworkers shape our lives, they are examining intimate social context.

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Intimate Social Context

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Roe Vs. Wade

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supreme court ruling legalized abortion in the U.S.

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Son can continue the family name, take care of aged parents, can perform funeral rights. All of the above

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Why are sons preferred to daughters in india

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Shared belief. Ex). teenagers who participate in a weekly bible study class believe abortion is bad.

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Value

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defining the problem, emergence of leaders, organizing around the issue. Ex). when joan hayes argued that the abortion issue was about the right of pregnant women to choose whether or not to have a baby.

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First stage of natural development of social problems

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Reacting to the official response. Ex). when pro abortion groups started to promote the development of abortion clinics around the country, this reflected the third stage.

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Third stage of natural development of social problems

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Antiabortionists who forward emails to their friends, run newspaper ads, and post blogs

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Moderates

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Gather in depth information on specific situation. Ex). ami wants to gain in-depth information about how women experience abortion.

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Case Study

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Belief that one sex is innately superior to the other, and the discrimination that follows. Ex). Tony believes that men are innately superior to women.

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Sexism

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In the U.S. firefighting, building construction and engineering are typically associated with men, while nursing, teaching and hair styling are typically associated with women.

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Sex-Typed

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Goldberg and lewis's Research focuses on how parents subconsciously teach gender roles.

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Symbolic Interactionism

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according to marvin harris why is male dominance universal

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Two Universal Conditions- necessity to survive warfare biological, human reproduction

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Herbert and Miranda recently discussed the nature versus nurture debate on gender differences in men and women. Herbert supported the nature side of the debate. This means herbert supports:

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Biological Explanations

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False, regarding role of mass media.

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Childrens books in the 1970's, had primarily females as the main characters.

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72% of what men earn

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Womens earnings are typically

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True

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women are more tolerant and accepting of homosexuality

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When members of the football team found out that their quarterback was a homosexual they assaulted him.

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Hate Crime

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C. Wright Mills

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Concept of the sociological imagination was developed by

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personal troubles

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Phenomena in which large scale events of history bring difficulty into peoples lives is called

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broad social context

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social context that involves historical events is called

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objective condition

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an aspect of society that can be measured or experienced is called

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Subjective concern

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concern that a significant number of people have about an aspect of society that can be measured is called

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Value

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Shared belief about whether something is good or bad

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research designs

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case studies, surveys, experiments and field studies are called

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Sexism

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the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other and the discrimination that follows

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Functionalists

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Blank---suggests that the origin of male dominance is rooted in biological factors

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Conflict Perspective

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Blank--suggests that men cultivate images of female inferiority to justify their greater priveledge and use economic and legal weapons against women

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transgendered persons

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Blank---are those whose internal gender identity does not match the gender role assigned to them by society

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false

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social location determines a persons actions

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true

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social problem for some is often a solution for others

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true

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in the case of webster V. reproductive servies the court concluded that the states do not have an obligation to finance abortions

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false, 4

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there are six stages in the natural history of social problems

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false

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sociology provides a basis for making value decisions

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true

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experiments are rare in the study of social problems

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false

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biology determines our occupational destiny

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true

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sexual harrasment laws include people of the same sex

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true

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most americans think that homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal

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True

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Sexual harrasment laws include people of same sex

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CH 3

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Political Process Power struggle between groups based on their competing intrests or ideologies

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When asked what she wants to be when she grows up. connelly says that she wants to be a lawmaker who determines what is legal and what is criminal. Connelly wants to be involved in the...

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crime rate

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Grace is graduating from college and she has been offered two jobs: one in san diego and one in sanfrancisco. grace will consider the number of crimes occuring per 100,000 people in each city to determine which job she will take. she is considering...

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women are more concerned about becoming a crime victim than men

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who is more concerned regarding victimization

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strain theory

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omar thinks that the high unemployment rate in the urban metropolitan area encourages some people to commit crime. omar is thinking in line with

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ponzi scheme

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Bernie madoff was one of the most notorious white collar criminals. he ran the first...

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more likely it is that he or she will be charged with subsequent crimes

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the younger a juvenile is when first charged with a violent crime... more likely they are

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girls are less likely than boys to be rearrested

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who is less likely to be rearrested among juvenile delinquents... boys or girls

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white collar crime

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Brittany is an accountant she has been skimming money off of the payroll for the past 7 years. this is an example of

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a plea bargain

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Even though tyler is innocent of the murder charges launched against him. his defense attourney is encouragin him to plead guilty for a lesser charge. the defense attourney is encouraging

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in group loyalty, scorn for values of the straight world, price in specialized skills all of the above

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professional and organized crime involves

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functionalist perspective

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research of tony examines how the use of solar power has resulted in positive and negative consequences for mankind. research is in line with

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corporate welfare

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the state of florida offers tax cuts to new businesses that relocate to the area. example of

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fossil fuels

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today the new employees of the factory will learn about how the government regulates the burning of wood, coal, petroleoum and natural gas. they are learning about regulation of

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cities must use garbage ininerators approved by the EPA

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regarding waste, the supreme court ruled that

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food chain

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the plankton in the ocean ingested mercury that was in the water. a small fish ate the plankton. a larger fish ate the smaller fish that had eaten the plankton. marcus ate the large fish that had eaten the smaller fish. reflects

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pessimistic enviornmentalist

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Jeff believes that our civilization depends on substances whose supply is limited. jeff is a

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scaled back society

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betty believes that significant sacrifices in lifestyle are necessary for the survival of earth. kias beliefs are in line with

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pessimistic environmentalist

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mary supports idea of a steady state society, she is

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expanding society

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rochelle believes that environmentalists should support the development of a world of even greater abundance

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enviornmental injustice

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at the county commissioners meeting tonight dr phillips will report on how the poor in the local community have been more impacted by the water and air pollution than the middle and upper class. he speaks about

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true

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social class influences who shows up in official statistics

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true

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white collar crime is committed by people of high social status in the course of their occupations

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true

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in vast majority of cases people accused of a crime do not recieve a trial

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false

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Rehabilitation is successful for most people who are in prisons

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true

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working class students are more likely than upper class students to drop out of school

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true

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a dysfunction of industrialization is that toxic industrial wastes were discarded in almost every corner of the earth

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false

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scientists agree that global warming is due to human causes

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false

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according to economist julian simon, raw materials are getting scarcer

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true

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the tropical rain forests cover about 7 percent of the earths total land area

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false

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about three generations ago people realized there were enviornmental problems

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culturally relative

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because laws differ from one society to another so does crime. this means crime is

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symbolic interactionists

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blank--suggests that social class impacts our perception and behavior

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functionalists

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blank--view property crime as inherent in socities that socialize people of all social classes to desire material success while limiting the legitimate means to achieve that success

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robert merton

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blank--developed the strain theory

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conformists

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blank--have access to resources and strive for success without resistance

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ritualists

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blank--give up on achieving success but still work in culturally approved ways

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symbolic interactionists

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blank--are interested in how peoples perceptions of the enviornment change

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thermal inversion

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the layer of cold air that seals in a layer of warm air and traps smoke, exhaust and particles that cause harm is

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acid rain

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when burning fossil fuels release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere, moisture in the air turns these emmissions into sulfuric and nitric acid and leads to..

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expanding society

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the blank--involves increasing our industrial output to create a world of even grater material abundance.

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