Sociological Theory
Defined as the view that society is composed of groups with different interests arising from their placement in the social structure.
Looks at how social processes lead to conflict.
What is Conflict Theory?
Any condition or behavior that has negative consequences for large numbers of people and that is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that needs to be addressed.
What is a Social Problem?
Generalizations about characteristics of males and females.
What is Gender Stereotypes?
The regulation and enforcement of norms.
What is Social Control?
The benefits people receive simply by being part of a dominant group.
What is Privilege?
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Your first experiences with behaviors, norms, beliefs and culture of your society.
What is Primary Socialization?
*Firing a candidate due to disability
*Harassment
*Wage discrimination
What is Discrimination towards Disabled Individuals in the Workplace?
Drugs that speed up the CNS increase alertness and energy and possibly produce euphoria or anxiety.
What are Stimulants?
Beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group.
What is Prejudice?
This theory argues that gender is an interactive performance that we constantly stage through interactions with others.
What is Doing Gender Theory?
Folkways, Laws, and Mores.
What are Social Norms?
Going against the "male and female" stereotypes.
What is Deviating from Social Norms?
Promiscuous sexual behavior by women.
What is a Myth of Abortion?
What is Gender Work Gap?
Based on the notion that all aspects of society serve a purpose, and all are indispensable for the long-term survival of society.
What is Functionalism?
What is Quantitative Data?
*Cost of caregiving
*Stress to provide goods, services, and programs.
*Elderly staying or returning to the workforce; increased training needed.
What are the Economic Sociological Implications of Aging?
The documentary that discussed the overrepresentation of minority group members engaging in crime.
What is the 13th?
A culture's standard for discerning what is good and just in society.
What is Values?
This theory emphasizes that there are multiple layers that intersects with each other to contribute to people's experiences.
What is Intersectionality Theory?
This is the level of wealth available to acquire the material goods and necessities to maintain a particular lifestyle.
What is the Standard of Living?
Discriminatory laws, rules and regulations that were aimed at Black Americans and enforced heavily in the South and border states up until the late 1960s.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
The comprehensive policy to address the drug problem by Nixon in the '70s and promoted by Reagan in the '80s.
What is the War on Drugs?
Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.
What is Ableism?