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Chapter 6-10 : Key Terms
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- 1Statusrecognized social pattern
- 2Status Setcollection of statuses
- 3Ascribed vs. AchievedAscribed = born with status
Achieved = worked for status - 4Social Mobilitychange in social hierarchy/status
- 5Master Statusindividual dominates all of his/her other statuses in most social context (ex: race)
- 6Status Consistencysocial status hierarchies line up
- 7Status Inconsistencyindividual highly ranked in one status but not others
- 8Roleset of behaviours/attitudes associated with particular status
- 9Role Strainconflict between roles within role set of particular status
- 10Role Conflictperson forced to reconcile with 2+ statuses
- 11Role Exitdisengaging / stepping down
- 12Dramaturgical Analysis *** Erving Goffman ***- presentation of self
- impression management
- front/back stage - 13Means of Productionmain social means needed for producing wealth
- 14Means of Consumptionmain social means by which people consume produced
- 15Identity Formationongoing process by which individual develops sense of self
- 16Conspicuous Consumptionpurchase & use of goods/services for demonstrating wealth/status2
- 17Pecuniary Emulationcopying spending habits of the wealthy
- 18Cultural Capital *** Pierre Bourdieu ***parents introduce to children to give them "better chance"
(taste is class specific) - 19Hyperral *** Jean Baudrillad ***mediated representation of real life that people relate to as through it was authentic
- 20Affluence Hypothesis *** Ronald Inglehart ***consumption habits of people living in Western societies more socially significant than others
- 21Technological Fetishismrecently developed technical innovation objects of uncritical adoration
(ex: APPLE) - 22Ethic of Consumption"celebrates" ability to spend
- 23Ethical Consumptionboycotting/buying a product based on ethics/values
- 24Consumer Activismpractices aimed at protecting consumers from being exploited by sellers
- 25Deviancestraying away from the societal norm
**NOT CRIMINAL** - 26Overt Characteristicsactions/qualities taken as explicitly violating the cultural norm
- 27Covert Characteristicunstated qualities that might make a particular group a target for sanctions
- 28Strain Theory *** Robert Merton ***explain why some "choose" to be criminally deviant
- 29Subcultural Theory *** Albert Cohen ***youths drawn to crime are those who become socialized into delinquent subculture
- 30Labelling Theory *** Howard Becker ***individuals and groups outside mainstream internalize labels applied to them
- 31Conflict Deviancedisagreement among groups whether of not somethings deviant
- 32Social Constructionismcertain elements of social life are natural but artificial
- 33Essentialismthere's something "natural" or "true" of social life
- 34Types of Deviance- radicalizing
- female
- white collar crime
- homosexuality
- disability
- poverty - 35Social Inequalitylong-term existence of significant differences in access to goods/services among groups
- 36Stratificationdescribes society as a though it was layered
- 37Marx vs. Webermeans of production/ separation of classes
vs.
wealth, power & prestige - 38ideologyrelatively coherent set of interrelated beliefs about society
- 39Ideologies Dominant - Liberal - Counterdom = dominant majority
counter = critique of dom
liberal = individualism - 40Hegemonynon-coeercive methods of maintaining power
- 41Class Reductionismsociologist study situation attributes all forms of oppression to class
- 42Caste System (India)- stratification of people based on ascription
- regulates occupations, d harmas (duties), rights to food, colours of clothing, religious practices... - 43Racializationsocial process in which groups of people are viewed/judged as different because intellect, morality, values &worth due to appearance/heritage
- 44Four Elements of Racism1. racialization
2. prejudice
3. discrimination
4. power - 45Types of Racism1. racial bigotry
2. systematic racism
3. friendly racism - 46Primordialismethnic group made up of "laundry list" of traits that have been carried down
- 47Social Constructionismethnicity constructed by individual for varying social purposes
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- Intro to Sociology ch6-10 key terms
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