SOC 111 Exam II Flashcards
(31 cards)
Marriage partner chose from same social group
Endogamy
Divorce in US when compared to other industrialized nations
Has a higher divorce rate
Family unit with at least one parent + one child def.
Nuclear family
Having a singular spouse
Monogamy
Group most vulnerable to family violence
Children
Deviance perspective: Belief that the good and bad of an act lies within the act itself and is independent of both time and culture
Absolutist
Edwin Sutherland’s argument: concerning differential association theory, deviant patterns come from this source
Friends and family
Deviant labeling example
“Deadbeat dads” on city billboards
Country with highest incarceration rate
US
Free-rider problem occurrence
When people don’t contribute to a free common resource
National Education Association
Organization
Division of labor
Job descriptions detail responsibilities of each employee
Country with shortest school year
US
Funding source for US public education
Property tax
Feudal system synonym
Estate system
Group with similar economic position based on wealth and income
Social class
This group works with the means of production to earn wages according to Marx
Proletariat
Middle to low class life
Relative poverty
Ethnoracial group that has lowest life expectancy rate, highest infant mortality rate, and highest death rate from treatable illnesses
African Americans
Type of discrimination that includes discomfort, fear, and avoidance
Quiet
Trend of proportion of Latin Americans and blacks who attended minority schools
Increased
Group that experiences racial transparency
Whites
Term referring to treating another as an object than a human being
Objectification
Most frequently committed but infrequently reported crime in the US
Rape
