Sociolgy

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Sociology

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The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

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Social Norm

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They are accepted ‘standards’ of behaviour

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Deviance

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Actions and behaviours that violate social or cultural norms

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Folkways

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Common rules or manners meant to follow

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Mores

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Norms based on a moral value or belief

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Taboos

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Forbidden and prohibited behaviours

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Laws

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Norms based on right and wrong with more formal and consistent consequences

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Labelling Theory

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Theory that behaviour is perceived as deviant if labelled as such by others

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Differential Association Theory

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Theory that deviance is learned from exposure to others who perform acts of deviance

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Strain Theory

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Theory that deviance occurs due to goals being blocked

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School pirson pipline

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when a minority group faces more discipline than other groups and is lead to acting out in agression due to the aggression they received

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Macro theory

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Used to examine large scale issues, patterns, and groups.

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Micro theory

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Focuses on individuals and small groups

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4 schools of thought

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1. Structural functionalism
2. Conflict theory
3. Feminist theory

4.Symbolic interactionism

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Structural funcitonilism

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The ‘puzzle pieces’ of society work together to maintain balance/stability

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Conflict theory

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Examines the role that power plays in society and how it can control others.

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Feminist theory

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theory that examines social issues and experience of gender

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Symbolic interactionilism

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Individuals attach meaning to situations and how it influences behaviour

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Roles

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Society’s expected behaviour of a specific person and their contributions

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Values

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Shared ideas and standards considered acceptable and binding. Examples

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Agents of socilization

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Family, community, work, relgon media

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Cult

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Small organization that worships a person or idea

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Occult

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Supernatural beliefs

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Notorious cults

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Peoples temple

Manson family

heaven’s gate

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Cult traits

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Charesmatic leader, offers new way of life evil or deviant behaviour damand beliefs to be accepted

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Indocrinate

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Teach people to accept a set of beliefs without question

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Cult control tactics

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Love bombing Group pressure Exploting weakness Discourage thinking Food and sleep deprivation Ego destruction

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Forms of control

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Behaviour Information thought emotional

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Altruism

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Unselfish actions involved in assisting others despite person repracussions

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Percieved cost

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assistance depends on if it will harm or benefit the helper

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Situational ambiguity

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When people are less likley to help in unfamiliar envirements

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Diffiusion of responsibility

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Fewer people present increases the probability someone will help out

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Similarity

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People are more willing to help others who appear as more similar to them, as they may veiw them as safer or familiar

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Mood

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Help depends on a persons mood

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Gender

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Women are more likely to receive help than men

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Attributions of the cause of need

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People are much more likely to help others they judge to be innocent victims than those they believe have brought their prob­lems on themselves

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Social norms

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Social norms dictate behaviors that are expected of people in social situations

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Symbiosis

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A benefital longterm interaction between two organisms

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3 social aspects of serial killing

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Urbanization with serial killers going after targets who hey belive would not attract too much attention, serial killing has become easier due to certain polices becoming more deviant Media Some killers crave attention from the media, and media crave something to give attention two, further engaging serial killers Marginilization Victims are usually members of opressed or minority groups