Sociology 101 Flash Cards 2

Straying from or deliberately breaking the social norm

Social behavior with a certain context

Expected with each situation

Social label

Prestige/rank in society

Set of ranks

e.g. Family structure (elder son vs youngest son)

An irregularity in status

e.g. Youngest son beats oldest

A born into status

e.g. Gender, handicapped, color

An earned or worked for status

e.g. Occupational status; Doctor

One's most notable status

e.g. Bill Clinton = Former President or Filandering President

A negative label from deviant behavior

e.g. "Criminal"

A social sanction or law results from deviant behavior

• 1. Stigmas
• 2. Mental Illness
• 3. Substance Abuse

The Study of formal deviance

Properhood coercion deemed necessary to control / restrict / subdue a suspect and take the suspect into custody

"Situational & Subjective"

Involves coercive acts that specific cops in specific situations deemed necessary, appropriate, & reasonable. Not always legitimate or admired

Brutality

Coercion that can not be legimated; Illegal, immoral, illegitimate

Abstract and excessive

• Income / Wealth
• Educational attainment
• Occupational prestige

The total assest and liabilities

Fuedalistic

Aparthied

The "American dream" idea

The pursuit of individual wealth / owning of property

• 1. Capitalists / Bourgeoise - Owns means of production
• 2. Petty Bourgeoise - Upper management
• 3. Proletariat - Working class
• 4. Lumpenproletariat - Dicarded people of society

• 1. Upper Class - "Nouveau Rich" Bill Gates
• 2. Upper Middle Class - Realistic Rich
• 3. Middle Class - 45% of population
• 4. Lower Middle Class
• 5. Lower Class
• 6. Urban Underclass

• 1. Professional - Upper middle class - Doctor, lawyer
• 2. Clerical - Secretarial, administration
• 3. Blue Collar - Working Class / Labor
• 4. Service - Waitressing

• 1. Income
• 2. Educational Attainment
• 3. Occupational Prestige

• 1. Core - Stable, wealthy economy
• 2. Semiperipheral - Economy on way to industrialization
• 3. Peripheral - Unstable economy, have the most natural resources

Poor exploited by the rich

Blaming poverty is their fault

• 1. Population
• 2. Health & Environment
• 3. Education & Illiteracy
• 4. Gender Inequality
• 5. War & Terrorism

Socially constructed category where superior/inferior value is assigned to biological characteristics

Social category of people who share cultural characteristics

Assigns racial/ethnic group to subordinate status by virtue of their power

Any distinct group in society that shares common characteristics but is forced to occupy an oppressed status

The process in which groups come to be defined as a race/racial groups in society

Thought + Action = Ism

Predjudice + Discrimination = Racism

Overt inferior perception / treatment of groups supported by institutions

Jim Crow Laws

Normal operations & procedures of social institutions create unequal treatment for racial / ethnic groups

Subtle form of racism that posits racial inequality

No longer exits in America. Blame the Victim

The legalized ownership and exploitation of one human being over another

Any federal or state institution that receives financial support from the Gov't must make a "Good faith efforts" to increase the pool of qualified applicants

• 1. Poor
• 2. African American
• 3. Official Capacity - Trust / protection
• 4. "Sweetened the deal" / Attractive deal
• 5. Lied to instead, informed consent
• 6. Unethical

The hierarchal distribution of social and economic resources that ultimately oppresses women

Men have power over women

• 1. Social & not biological
• 2. Women's concerns, ideas, & experiences should be treated with equal seniority to affect lasting social change & "equality" on behalf of women
• 3. Structural changes to the political social system

• 1. Education
• 2. Abolitionism
• 3. Sufferage

• 1. WWII
• 2. Technology
• 3. Sexual Revolution

• 1. Liberal Feminism - Looks at past traditions as the root of oppression
• 2. Socialist Feminism - Capitalism is responsible for oppression
• 3. Radical Feminism - Patriarchy is the root of oppression, Men have control over women's bodies

• 1. Primary - Has more men and better jobs
• 2. Secondary - Has limited women, and pushed for with feminism

Extreme gender stratification that approaches or comprises "Human Rights" violations

• 1. Women's work is central to economy
• 2. Work is not highly segregated
• 3. Men contribute to household work
• 4. Women have access to education
• 5. Women have access to formal power
• 6. Religious support for gender inequality is not strong