FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM

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Question 1: Discrimination

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The unequal treatment of individuals on the basis of their membership in a group Question 2: What is the symbolic interactionist perspective on gender inequality?

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Focus on the gender socialization lessons we learn through our interactions with other people and gendered images in the media.Question 3: How are sociological theories different from psychological theories of deviance?

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Sociological theories focus on the society while psychological theories focus on the individual.

Question 4: Symbolic theory on race

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• Selective perception

• Labels/stereotypes

• Socialization into prejudice

• Language

Question 5: Deviance statistical approach

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treats deviant as anything that is statistically unusual or has a low probability or likelihood.

Question 6: Conflict Theory

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• Effects of power and social inequality

• Poverty and crime

• Crime by the elite

• Law and social class

Ex. - marijuana

• Power, deviance, and social control

Question 7: Deviance legalistic approach

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Any violation of the law is necessarily deviant.Question 8: What does primary & secondary deviancy have to do with labeling theory?

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They related because however you are labeled is how you see yourself.

Question 9: In what ways does race and ethnic inequality exist today?

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• Educ. - different for black and white people.
• Housing- redlining practices persists today.
• Econ - unemployment rate varies by race.
• justice syst- Racial disparities.
• Health care - better for white people & are most likely to have it + asians

Question 10: What is the conflict/feminist perspective on gender inequality?

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Focus on gender in relationship to macro-level social structures but in very different ways. They examine the seven institutions -Family, religion, economy, education, government, health care, and media, and how they influence us.

Question 11: Functionalism Theory on Race

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• Assimilation and dysfunctions

Question 12: Race

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A group of people perceived to be distinct because of physical appearance

Question 13: what role does homophobia play in enforcing gender role behavior?

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In the hypermasculine world, to be a "real man," you must be heterosexual.

Question 14: What is the functionalist perspective on gender inequality?

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Structural functionalists typically overlook the social construction of gender. Men play roles as the leader & breadwinner. Women play roles as supporting men and nurturing the children.

Question 15: What are the different types of racism

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• Jim Crow (racial segregation)

• Aversive (workplace discrimination)

• Laissez-faire (people who do nothing to end racism)

• Color blind (people who "don't see race")

Question 16: What does it mean to say that deviance is relative?

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A behavior in a given society may be considered deviant in one time period but acceptable many years later

Question 17: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

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Race is socially constructed because we make being black, white, or asian as a category.

Question 18: Why is race and ethic inequality a social problem?

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Because it impacts society in a economic way, effects family Question 19: What does Milgrim's study of obedience tell us about the power of authority and authority attached to status positions?

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People obey either out of fear or out of a desire to appear cooperative

Question 20: Prejudice

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Irrational feelings toward members of a particular group which can stem from stereotypes

Question 21: Deviance social norm approach

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Rules of behavior that tell us what is and isn't acceptable in a given culture.

Question 22: What is secondary deviance

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Rule-breaking behavior that occurs as a result of a deviant label.

Question 23: Labeling theory

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Individuals know themselves by how others label them.

Question 24: Merton's strain theory

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Deviance occurs as a result of blocked access to the means for reaching societal prescribed goals.