Institutions Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Power

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Ability of person or group to realize it’s own will in group action, even against resistance

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Politics

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Process in which people make decisions

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3 Types of Legitimate Power

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1) traditional
2) charismatic
3) rational/legal

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Authoritarian

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individual in power were not elected

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Monarchy

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Power with individual

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Totalitarian

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Strives to regulate public and private life

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Democratic

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all members of society have equal access to power and enjoys personal freedoms and liberty

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Oligarchy

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Power rests within some small group of society

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Theocracy

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Church is head of state

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Power Elite

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Invisible elite who controls power in a democratic system

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Monogomous

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Only one spouse

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Polygomous

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More than one spouse

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Polygony

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man with more than one wife

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Polyandry

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Woman with more than one husband

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14
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Factors that influence divorce

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1) change in laws
2) changes in economy
3) expectations of marriage

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Changes in norms are causing the following;

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1) rise in single parent households
2) rise in childless households
3) rise in same sex marriages

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Homogeneity

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Tend to be similar with persons that marry

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Endogamy

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marrying someone from own group

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Homogamy

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Marring someone from the same status

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Exogamy

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Marrying someone on the outside group

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Factors that lead to Marriage Pattern

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1) Preferences
2) Opportunity
3) Third Party Interference

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Preference Theory

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  • Preferences governed by homophily

- Preferences governed by competition for partner with wealth, attractiveness, power, etc

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Exchange; Trade in Attributes

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1) status caste
2) division of labor
3) evolutionary

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Secularization Theory

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Something in religion incompatible with society

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Manifest Function
Intended outcome
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Latent Function
Unintended outcomes
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Hidden Curriculum
Includes everything you learn in education; both stated and unstated
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Stereotype Threat
Anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype may reduce performance on test
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Tracking
Categorizing students based on performance
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Pygmalian
A phenomenon where the higher the expectations on a student, the higher they perform
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Suicide Criteria
1) harm self inflicted | 2) intent for suicide
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Reasons for Underreported Suicides
1) suicide is stigmatized | 2) medical examiners facing charges of inaccuracy have little incentive to classify death as suicide
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Rights of Sick Role
1) right to be excused from normal and social responsibility | 2) sickness is not your fault
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Obligations of Sick Role
1) to define being sick as undesirable | 2) to seek help and cooperate in getting well
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Types of Medicine
1) Folk; related to tradition of culture 2) Alternative; set of practices that cannot be tested 3) Western; scientific medicine, focused on diagnosis, not religious, proven to be effective