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Meghan C SOC 1104 1st Year English 42 cards

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  1. 1What is another term for a social issue?Social problem or social illness
  2. 2How we label something as a social problem is in regards to...social norms and social values
  3. 3Are all social situations considered social problems?No
  4. 4What needs to happen for a social situation or a social condition to be considered a social problem?Enough people need to consider it a social problem
  5. 5Social problems always cause harmFalse (they can, but they don't have too)
  6. 6Personal ProblemAffects the individual and those around them
  7. 7Public IssueAffects large amounts of people
  8. 8MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Driving) is an example of what in the process the process of a social condition becoming asocial concernInfluential Group
  9. 9What are the three things needed to creat a social problem?Social Condition, Social Norms,
    Influential Group
  10. 10How would you define a social condition?The facts of what is happening
  11. 11Name the social condition, social norm and influential groups for the social problem food insecurity:Condition: food is not distributed equally
    Norm: People should have food to eat, there should be equality in accessing resources
    Influential Group: Activists, Journalists, World Food Programme
  12. 12Name the social condition, social norm and influential groups for the social problem homelessness:Social Condition: People don't have homes
    Social Norm: People should have homes to live and sleep in
    Influential Group: Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
  13. 13Factors Leading to Social Problems- Economic Factors
    - Cultural Factors
    - Physical or Geographical Factors
    - Biological Factors
    - Psychological Factors
  14. 14Economic FactorsProblems caused by an imbalance in economic distribution
  15. 15Examples of problems caused by economic factorsPoverty and unemployment
  16. 16Cultural FactorsProblems that arise from established beliefs, values, traditions, laws, languages of a nation or society fall under this category
  17. 17Examples of problems caused by culltural factorsDowry, child marriage, juvenile delinquency, problems of the aged, the homeless, and the widowed, divorce, illegitimacy, crime and juvenile delinquency
  18. 18Physical or geographical factorsInclude the nature of the land, water resources, minerals, natural altitudes, sudden floods or earthquakes (they may be cumulative)
  19. 19Why is it important to consider where something is from when reading research?It could have a great impact on the findings (ex. A study done about access to healthcare would have very different results if done in Canada compared to USA)
  20. 20Biological FactorsInter-mixture or races, marriage of deficient and unfit persons and population explosion leading to poverty and unemployment, physical diseases and defects
  21. 21Psychological FactorsProblems that arise from ill mental and neurological health (neurosis, psychosis etc.), feeble mindedness, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse etc.
  22. 22T/F: Social power is important in societyTrue
  23. 23What is social power?The ability to influence and control the behaviour of other people
  24. 24Why do people with more social status have more social power?They have increased social privileges which leads them to have more social power
  25. 25T/F: A homeless person holdssocial powerFalse
  26. 26T/F: Bill Gates holds social pwerTrue
  27. 27T/F: Jeff Bezos holds social powerTrue
  28. 28Give examples of groups of people who hold social power in our societyPoliticians and celebrities
  29. 29What happens if someone disobeys societal rules?It depends on society's view on the issue. The social status of the person committing the crimes could affect what happens. (Ex. You are more likely to go to jail for committing welfare fraud than tax evasion, even though tax evasion typically steals more money from the state. The people creating these societal rules are more likely to commit tax evasion than welfare fraud, which leads to the condition where welfare fraud is a more punishable crime).
  30. 30Neo-Liberal Approach- Individualistic Approach
    - What's not working in society is caused by "bad apples"
    - Society is viewed as good
    - If you leave people with complete freedom they will make good choices (assumption of approach)
    - If something is wrong it is caused by the choices the individual made
  31. 31T/F: The neo-liberal approach is similar to capitalismTrue
    Similarities: In capitalism there is the belief that if you work hard you can become rich, people don't work hard fail because of that choice. The neo-liberal approach believes that failure is caused by the individuals choices. In both people are conditioned to think that they are failing because of their own wrongdoings
  32. 32Critical Approach- Social Problems are created by society
    - Relies on the state to punish people who break rules
    - Explanation to failure is not the individual's actions but the conditions of society
  33. 33Is a critical approach needed to help solve power imbalances?Yes, because people in power want to stay in power. They are not going to change a system that is benefitting them. Therefore, a critical approach is needed to show that the system is actually affecting individuals and that it needs to be changed.
  34. 34Is changing individuals opinions to resolve a social problem going to work?Probably not
  35. 35Phases of a resistance to achieve social justice1. Emergence
    2. Coalescence
    3. Bureaucratization
    4. Decline
  36. 36First phase of a resistance to achieve social justiceEmergence: People become aware of an issue and notice that other people feel the same
  37. 37Second phase of a resistance to achieve social justiceCoalescence: Groups and individuals reach out to each other to increase membership around the same issue
  38. 38Third phase of a resistance to achieve social justiceBureaucratization: the movement becomes a political force, it becomes more formal (ex. the group has a name, they are meeting with political representatives and are in the media)
  39. 39Fourth phase of resistance to achied a social movementDecline: Either the goal is met or the goal is dismissed as irrelevant
  40. 40AgencyThe ability of individuals to make choices in their behaviour and about their
    lives. Social inequality means that some people have a wider band of choices in
    their lives.
  41. 41PowerThe ability to set limits on the behavioural choices for ourselves and for others. Power is clearly in play when individuals and groups act in ways that achieve their desires, needs and interests against those of others. Power has many bases and faces, from the schoolyard bully to influence over public discourse.
  42. 42Social JusticeAn ideology and activist goal focused on realizing equality in society. Rather than an "equality of sameness" (treating un-alikes as if they were alike) the focus is on achieving and "equality of difference" to ensure that all social groups have access to social, political and economic resources in society and that there are no constraints on life choices based on social group differences.

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