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Group
ppl who have something in common TERM 2
In-group
DEFINITION 2 group where ppl feel loyalty TERM 3
Out-group
DEFINITION 3 group towards which ppl feel antagonism TERM 4
Milgram's
Experiment
DEFINITION 4 experiment on obedience to authority figures was a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience. TERM 5
Stanford Prison
Experiment
DEFINITION 5 The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard.
Social Network
a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. TERM 7
Social Capital
DEFINITION 7 a sociological concept, which refers to connections within and between social networks. TERM 8
Jim Jones
DEFINITION 8 founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 suicide of more than 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip. TERM 9
Mechanical Solidarity
DEFINITION 9 Durkheim's term for unity that ppl feel after performing the same or similar task TERM 10
Organic Solidarity
DEFINITION 10 Durkheim's term for the interdependence that results from the division of labor; ppl depending on others to fulfill their job
Social Stratification
division of ppl into layers based on relative property, pwr, and prestige sys. by which a society ranks categories of ppl in a hierarchy and distributes resources unequally according to that hierarchy affects our life chances TERM 17
Androcentrism
DEFINITION 17 what men do is right TERM 18
Doing Gender
DEFINITION 18 we perform gender everyday gender is something we "do" rather than "have" TERM 19
Race
DEFINITION 19 group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups group socially defined based on physical characteristics TERM 20
Ethnicity
DEFINITION 20 nonbiological traits such as shared ancestry, distinctive cultural characteristics, history, language, patterns of behavior, and beliefs that provide members of a group a sense of common identity
Differences btw Race and Ethnicity
race typically has its origins in assignment-operation of pwr ethnicity is more often an asserted identity race designation usually implies inferiority the unworthiness attached to race is thot to be inherent TERM 22
Similarities btw Race and Ethnicity
DEFINITION 22 scholars often use and confuse the two concepts both are products of interaction btw grps both thot to be natural categories based on common ancestry or descent (ethnicity) and physical diff's (race) both are social constructs TERM 23
Social Darwinism
DEFINITION 23 human behavior is based on biology --polygenesis - many origins --> monogenesis - single origin TERM 24
Assimilation
DEFINITION 24 a process (on-going, multi-layered) of accommodation by which members of minority grp are absorbed or integrated into a society's dominant or core culture TERM 25
Significance of 'Souls of Black Folk'
DEFINITION 25 Illustrates political schism in bl comm. DuBois writes in a new "voice" breaking from scientific empirical tone of 'Philadelphia Negro' --> HUGE! --tried to convince ppl that blacks have souls contains 3 concepts (color line, dbl consciousness, the veil) that have influenced the work and writings of social scientists and activists around the globe
Labeling Theory
the view that labels ppl are given affect their own and other's perceptions of them, thus channeling their behavior into either deviance or conformity TERM 32
"Three-strikes-and-you're-out" Law
DEFINITION 32 after a 3 felony, judge is required to give a sentence TERM 33
Income
DEFINITION 33 money received TERM 34
Wealth
DEFINITION 34 total value of everything someone owns, minus their debts TERM 35
Social Mobility
DEFINITION 35 mvmt up or down the social class ladder
Social Network
who you're connected to TERM 37
Meritocracy
DEFINITION 37 form of social stratification in which all positions are awarded based on merit TERM 38
Traditional Family
DEFINITION 38 mom, dad, 2 kids, dog, mom is housewife, dad has good- paying job, suburbs, married, monogamous, self-contained household
