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| Subjective Nature of Social Problems |
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| 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 |
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| Some societal conditions harm certain segments of the population and therefore are social problems. |
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| The assumed need (Maslow) of individuals for creative and constructive involvement in productive, significant activity. |
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| Institutionalized deviance |
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| When a society is organized in such a way as to disadvantage some of its members. |
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| 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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| C. Wright Mills term emphasizing that individual troubles are inextricably linked to social forces. |
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| The assumption that social problems result from the pathologies of individuals. |
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| The assumption that social problems result from social conditions. |
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| 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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| The belief that the place of people in the stratification system is a function of their ability and effort. |
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| Activity that violates the norms of social organization. |
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| A set of ideas that explains a range of human behavior and a variety of social and societal events. |
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| A representative part of a population. |
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| An attitude, behavior, or condition that can vary in magnitude and significance from case to case. |
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| The Collection of information about the same persons over many years. |
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| The subjects not exposed to the independent variable. |
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| The subjects exposed to the independent variable. |
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| The variable that is influenced by the effect of another variable. |
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| A variable that affects another variable. |
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