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Created by cmusgraveliveinp
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| Question | Answer |
| Status | recognized social pattern |
| Status Set | collection of statuses |
| Ascribed vs. Achieved | Ascribed = born with status Achieved = worked for status |
| Social Mobility | change in social hierarchy/status |
| Master Status | individual dominates all of his/her other statuses in most social context (ex: race) |
| Status Consistency | social status hierarchies line up |
| Status Inconsistency | individual highly ranked in one status but not others |
| Role | set of behaviours/attitudes associated with particular status |
| Role Strain | conflict between roles within role set of particular status |
| Role Conflict | person forced to reconcile with 2+ statuses |
| Role Exit | disengaging / stepping down |
| Dramaturgical Analysis *** Erving Goffman *** | - presentation of self - impression management - front/back stage |
| Means of Production | main social means needed for producing wealth |
| Means of Consumption | main social means by which people consume produced |
| Identity Formation | ongoing process by which individual develops sense of self |
| Conspicuous Consumption | purchase & use of goods/services for demonstrating wealth/status2 |
| Pecuniary Emulation | copying spending habits of the wealthy |
| Cultural Capital *** Pierre Bourdieu *** | parents introduce to children to give them "better chance" (taste is class specific) |
| Hyperral *** Jean Baudrillad *** | mediated representation of real life that people relate to as through it was authentic |
| Affluence Hypothesis *** Ronald Inglehart *** | consumption habits of people living in Western societies more socially significant than others |
| Technological Fetishism | recently developed technical innovation objects of uncritical adoration (ex: APPLE) |
| Ethic of Consumption | "celebrates" ability to spend |
| Ethical Consumption | boycotting/buying a product based on ethics/values |
| Consumer Activism | practices aimed at protecting consumers from being exploited by sellers |
| Deviance | straying away from the societal norm **NOT CRIMINAL** |
| Overt Characteristics | actions/qualities taken as explicitly violating the cultural norm |
| Covert Characteristic | unstated qualities that might make a particular group a target for sanctions |
| Strain Theory *** Robert Merton *** | explain why some "choose" to be criminally deviant |
| Subcultural Theory *** Albert Cohen *** | youths drawn to crime are those who become socialized into delinquent subculture |
| Labelling Theory *** Howard Becker *** | individuals and groups outside mainstream internalize labels applied to them |
| Conflict Deviance | disagreement among groups whether of not somethings deviant |
| Social Constructionism | certain elements of social life are natural but artificial |
| Essentialism | there's something "natural" or "true" of social life |
| Types of Deviance | - radicalizing - female - white collar crime - homosexuality - disability - poverty |
| Social Inequality | long-term existence of significant differences in access to goods/services among groups |
| Stratification | describes society as a though it was layered |
| Marx vs. Weber | means of production/ separation of classes vs. wealth, power & prestige |
| ideology | relatively coherent set of interrelated beliefs about society |
| Ideologies Dominant - Liberal - Counter | dom = dominant majority counter = critique of dom liberal = individualism |
| Hegemony | non-coeercive methods of maintaining power |
| Class Reductionism | sociologist study situation attributes all forms of oppression to class |
| Caste System (India) | - stratification of people based on ascription - regulates occupations, d harmas (duties), rights to food, colours of clothing, religious practices... |
| Racialization | social process in which groups of people are viewed/judged as different because intellect, morality, values &worth due to appearance/heritage |
| Four Elements of Racism | 1. racialization 2. prejudice 3. discrimination 4. power |
| Types of Racism | 1. racial bigotry 2. systematic racism 3. friendly racism |
| Primordialism | ethnic group made up of "laundry list" of traits that have been carried down |
| Social Constructionism | ethnicity constructed by individual for varying social purposes |
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