Religion
_______ is a system of beliefs, values, and practices concerning what a person holds to be sacred or spiritually significant
Religion
______ ______ involves learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors through participation in a society. Oftentimes we see older siblings do this with younger siblings such as learning to tie shoes.
Informal Education
________ is the ability to exercise one’s will over others. A conflict theorist might be interested in the ______ differentials present in the regulation of access to resources for marginalized populations.
Power
_______ is a reduction in one’s ability to perform everyday tasks; the World Health Organization notes that this is a social limitation.
Disability
This group organization was founded by sociologist W.E.B. DuBois and what is Less known is that Parks was a member of this organization that focused on economic and social equality for African Americans.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
_____ is a large, mainstream religion that is not sponsored by the state. Some examples would be Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Denomination
______ ______ is the idea that the achievement levels associated with an A today is notably lower than the achievement level associated with A-level work a few decades ago. A university that has sought to curb the number of As is Princeton.
Grade inflation
This is a concept holding that each person’s vote should be counted equally
One person, One vote
_______ is the act of a physician certifying that an illness is genuine. Such as an employee needing to visit the doctor for his employer's verification.
Legitimation
______ _______ are purposeful, organized groups that strive to work toward a common social goal.
Social Movements
_____ are religious groups that are small, secretive, and highly controlling of members and have a charismatic leader. Some characteristics of _____ include: Isolating members and penalizing them for leaving, Seeking inappropriate loyalty to their leader and so on.
Cults
_____ _____ is the type of nonacademic knowledge that people learn through informal learning and cultural transmission. Some examples would be some values that are important to function within society, such as if you work hard, you will will be rewarded for your merits.
Hidden curriculum
A ______ _____ is power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities. Some examples of such leaders would be Martin Luther King Jr, Adolf Hitler, and Barack Obama.
Charismatic leader
____ ____ is a system that guarantees healthcare coverage for everyone. This is an example of healthcare we have seen in countries such as Germany, France, and Canada
Universal Healthcare
The ____ ____ ____ are an example of a resistance movement and they focused largely on maintaining the power differential of the white population, most notably in the South.
Ku Klux Klan
_________ is a religion based on belief in multiple deities. An example would be: Hinduism.
Polytheism
________ is a formalized sorting system that places students labeled as advanced/low achievers that perpetuates inequalities.
Tracking
A _______ is a form of government in which a single person (or a very small group) wields complete and absolute authority over a government or populace after the dictator rises to power, usually through economic or military might. Examples of this leadership are Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Augosto Pinochet.
Dictatorship
illnesses that are discriminated against and whose sufferers are looked down upon or even shunned by society experience _______ __ ______. An example of this would be the 1980s AIDS/HIV epidemic.
Stigmatization of Illness
A ____ _____ is a large group of people who gather together in a spontaneous activity that lasts a limited amount of time
Flash mob
___________ is a Christian church that has a very large congregation averaging more than 2,000 people who attend regular weekly services. A state that has been known for having the largest one is Texas.
Megachurch
_____ is the social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms
Education
This is a form of government that provides all citizens with an equal voice or vote in determining state policy
Democracy
_____ _____ is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy
Medical sociology
Think about human behavior during Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans was decimated and people were trapped without supplies or a way to evacuate. In these extraordinary circumstances, what outsiders saw as “looting” . As a result, we saw _____ _____ _____ which asserts that, in this circumstance, people perceive and respond to the crowd situation with their particular (individual) set of norms, which may change as the crowd experience evolves.
Emergent Norm Theory