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1. Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.the wealth/elite use control the deviant population because they are a threat to the eliteSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

2. Ecclesia

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'the wealth/elite use control the deviant population because they are a threat to the elite

3. Auguste Comte (1798-1857)

4. Conflict Perspectives on deviance

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionthe wealth/elite use control the deviant population because they are a threat to the elitePositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

5. Structural mobility

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'movement up or down the social class ladder that is due more to changes in the structure of society than to the actions of individuals - ex: Being able to move up in social class because the economy is doing well, etc.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

6. What are the components (3) of social class

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionProperty, Power, PrestigeSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

7. Define gentrification

pros/cons: middle-class people moving into a rundown area of a city, displacing the poor as they buy and restore homes - - Pros gentrification also draws middle-class minorities to the neighborhood and improves their incomes - - Cons - As a neighborhood improves, property prices go up, driving many of the poor out of their neighborhood. This creates tensions between the poorer residents and the newcomers a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

8. Define suburbanization

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.the migration of people from the city to the suburbsa religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

9. deviant theory: differential association theory:

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Edwin Sutherland's term to indicate that people who associate with some groups learn an 'excess of definitions' of deviance, increasing the likelihood that they will become devianta religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

10. DiscriminAtion

an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group an actionSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

11. Functional analysis

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Interested in the 'big picture' of society. - a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that, when fulfilled, contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural functionalismSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

12. characteristics of bureaucracy

a formal organization with a hierarchy of authority and a clear division of labor; emphasis on impersonality of positions and written rules, communications, and recordsPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

13. George Herbert Mead (sociologist)

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'pointed out how important play is in developing a self. As we play with others, we learn to take the role of the other.

14. Describe the functionalist perspective on aging.

Functionalists analyze how the parts of society work together. Among the components of society are age cohortspeople who were born at roughly the same time and who pass through the life course together.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

15. Intergenerational mobility

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionthe change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next - Ex. different children from the same household end up on different ends of the social class ladder as adults.

16. More

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.norms that are strictly enforced - ex: speeding or stealing

17. Globalization of Capitalism

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'capitalism (investing to make profits within a rational system) becoming the globe's dominant economic systema religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

18. How does group size affect group interactions?

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.As a small group grows larger, it becomes more stable, but its intensity, or intimacy, decreases.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

19. Milgram experiment

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.shocking experimentSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

20. Define ethnicity and provide an example having distinctive cultural characteristics.

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'Ex: Italian, Russian, Japanesea religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.

21. Karl Marx (1818-1883)

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionClass Conflict - believed that the roots of human misery lay in class conflict, the exploitation of workers by those who own the means of production. Social change, in the form of the workers overthrowing the capitalists was inevitable. Introduced conflict theory.Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.

22. Exchange mobility

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a large number of people moving up the social class ladder, while a large number move down; it is as though they have exchanged places, and the social class system shows little changea religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.

23. deviant theory: labeling theory

the view that the labels people are given affect their own and others' perceptions of them, thus channeling their behavior into either deviance or conformityPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'

24. estate stratification system

Positivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionSocial Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'the stratification system of medieval Europe, consisting of three groups or estates: the nobility, clergy, and commoners

25. Max Weber (1864-1920)

Social Darwinism - As generations pass, a society's most capable and intelligent members ('the fittest') survive, while the less capable die out. 'Survival of the fittest.'a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religionPositivism - Comte developed a grandiose view: Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live. Credited with being the founder of sociology.Protestant Ethic - He used cross-cultural and historical materials to trace the causes of social change and to determine how social groups affect people's orientations to life.

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