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| Who were Isabelle and Genie? |
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| Socially isolated children. People need to be loved. |
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| A distinct identity that sets us apart. |
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| What is looking glass self? |
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| Cooley... The self is a product of our social interactions. |
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| Who made the stages of the self? |
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| What is the preparatory stage of self? |
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| Imitate those around you. |
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| Gestures, objects, & words that are communication. |
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| What is the play stage of self? |
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| Develop skills in communication, role taking. |
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| Mentally assuming the perspective of another and responding from that imagined viewpoint. |
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| What is the game stage of self? |
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| When people start to consider others. |
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| What is a generalized other? |
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| Attitudes, views, & expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account. |
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| Unable to think past themself. |
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| Describe Mead's theory of self? |
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| Self begins at a privileged, central position in a persons world. |
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| What are significant others? |
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| Individuals who are most important in development of the self. |
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| Describe Goffman's Theory of Self? |
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| One is like an actor trying to keep up an image. |
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| What is impression management? |
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| Altering of the presentation of the self. |
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| What is the dramaturgical approach? |
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| People resemble performers in action. |
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| Initiating in face saving behavior when feeling embarrassed or rejected. |
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| Who created the stages of development? |
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| What are the four stages of development? (Cognitive theory of development) |
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| Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational. |
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| What are rites of passage? |
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| Major changes in a persons status. |
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| What is the life course approach? |
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| Close look at social factors that influence people throughout their life. |
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| What is anticipatory socialization? |
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| A person rehearses for future positions, occupations & social relationships. Helps society run smoother if norms are pre learned |
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| Discarding former behavior patterns & accepting new ones in a transitional period. |
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| What is a total institution? |
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| Institution that regulates all aspects of a person's life under a single authority. Like military or prison. |
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| What is a degredation ceremony? |
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| Usually within a total institution. Lose most possessions and self identity. |
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| Expectations regarding specific genders. |
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| Socially defined positions within society. From lowest to highest. |
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| What is an ascribed status? |
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| Assigned by society without regard for that persons unique talents or characteristics. |
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| What is social structure? |
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| Individuals & their role among groups. |
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| Set of expectations for people in a given social position or status. |
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| What is an acheived status? |
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| Gained through one's own efforts. |
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| Incompatible expectations arise from 2 or more social positions held by the same person. Like a male nurse. |
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| Social position imposes conflicting demands & expectations. Like minorities in mainstream culture. |
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| Losing a status to gain a better one, but losing identity. |
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| # of people with similar norms, values & expectations. |
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| Generally small. Long period of interaction. Intimate. Emotional depth. Friendly. |
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| What is a secondary group? |
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| Large. Short duration. No intimacy. Superficial. Formal. |
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| What's an in group? What's an out group? |
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In = Feeling of belonging.
Out = No feelings, like high school cliques. |
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| What is a reference group? |
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| Use a standard for evaluating themselves and others set attitudes & trends. |
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| Alliance geared toward a common goal. |
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| What are social networks? |
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| Likes a person directly to others. |
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| What is a social institution? |
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| Organized patterns of belief & behavior centered on basic social needs such as replacing personnel & preserving order. (ex. religion) |
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| What would a conflict theorist say about social institutions? |
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| Organized to meet basic needs. |
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| Came up with mechanical & organic solidarity. |
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| What is mechanic solidarity? |
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| Collective consciousness. |
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| what is organic solidarity? |
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| Consciousness rests on the need society members have for eachother. |
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| Rural. Small community where people have similar backgrounds & life experiences. |
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| Ideal community that is characteristic of modern urban life. Most people are strangers. |
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| What is sociocultural evolution? |
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| Long term trends in societies resulting from the interplay of continuity. |
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| Cultural information about the ways in which the material resources of environment can be used to satisfy needs & desires. |
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| What is a hunter gather society? |
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| Get the fish. Get the berries. Yumm. |
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| What is horticultural society? |
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| Plant seeds & crops. More work than hunter gatherers. |
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| What does an industrial society depend on? |
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| What is an agrarian society? |
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| What is a postindustrial society? |
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| Processing & control of information. |
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| What is postmodern society? |
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| What is formal organization? |
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| Group designed for a specific purpose structured for maximum efficacy. |
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| In formal organizations uses rules and hierarchal ranking to achieve efficacy, Division of labor. |
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| Estrangement from society. |
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| What does trained in capacity mean? |
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| Workers are so trained in one area they have blind spots in other areas. |
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| What are characteristics of a bureacracy? |
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| Labor divided, authority, rules, impersonal, qualifications. |
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| What is bureacratization? |
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| The process a group takes to become more bureaucratic. |
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| What is the law of oligarchy? |
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| Even a democracy will eventually be a bureacracy ruled by a few (oligarchy) |
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| What is the scientific management approach? |
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| Workers are entirely motivated by economy. |
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| What is the human relations approach? |
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| Role of people, communication & participation in bureacracy. |
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| Who did the study with monkeys and comfort? |
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| In which of Mead's stages of the self do children merely imitate the people around them? |
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| What are some examples of rites of passage? |
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| School graduation, marriage, retirement. |
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| In whose theory of sociocultural evolution, is a societies level of technology critical to the way it is organized? |
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| Which sociologist first directed researchers to the significance of bureaucratic structure? |
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| Describe the bureaucratic characteristic of division of labor? |
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| The president need not be a good typist, a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity. |
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| One finding from the study of adolescent sexual networks is...? |
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| Most respondents had been sexually active sometime during the past eighteen months. |
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| Which sociological perspective has identified five major tasks that a society must accomplish if it is to survive? |
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| The functionalist perspective. |
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| What happened in Zimbardo's mock prison experiment at Stanford? |
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| The social structure of the prison influenced social interactions between the prisoners and the guards. |
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| Which sociologist saw that the "definition of the situation" could mold thinking and personality of the individual? |
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