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Citizenship

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Empowerment

Doing your part to make the world a better place.

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Public good

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Sustainability

Ensuring we can survive into the future

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Globalisation

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Increased movement and communication between people, commodities, and cultures.

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Culture

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Values/traditions/beliefs/norms of a group of people

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Society

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Group living in the same place.

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Nation

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Group of people with a common culture.

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State

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Political borders, common society

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Nation-state

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Cultural nation and political state that are one in the same.

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Tragedy of the Commons

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Overuse or misuse of something shared by a population. The fallout of a change.

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Cultural System

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The way a group expresses their cultural. Their cultural norms.

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Reflexivity

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The understanding of your personal limitations.

Eg. You can’t be a different ethnicity.

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Human Universals

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  1. Complexity of Communication
  2. Bipedal
  3. Organized religion
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Top 3 Human Innovations

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  1. Harnessing Fire
  2. Agricultural development
  3. Industrial revolution/mass production
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Racism

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The belief that thw human race is divided by races.

News flash, its not

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Ethnicity

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Anything that represents a person other than their biology.

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that one culture is better than another.

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Cultural relativism

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Every culture is valid within its own context.

Culture makes sense to the people who are part of it.

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Race

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Group of organisms that are genetically distinct within the same species
Ex. Dog breeds
NOT HUMANS

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Species

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A group of organisms that is within 1% different from other organisms.

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Enmeshment

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A relatioship with unclear or crossed boundaries. Co-dependency, etc.

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Parental Alienation

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When one parent denegrates the other and purposely or unintentionally ruins the relationship with the other parent.

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Kids’ rights

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All children have the right to know both parents

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Estrangement

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When a parent is absent for a valid reason, be it violence, or “choice”

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Intersectionailty

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How class, gender, and ethnicity impact a Person and their world view.

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World view
How somwone sees the world
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Is globalization good or bad?
Neither. Only the exploitation of globalization is bad as it only includes self interest which will not help to ensure the survival of our species.
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How can parental alienation be prevented?
Early intervention and enforcement of the child's right to know both parents.
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Dualism
Being able to divide into two view points. See both sides equally.
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Consensus
Coming to a decision with all voices heard
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Confirmation bias
Interpreting new evidence only to support your own opinions.
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Meta-analysis
Examination of different independant studies to determine overall trends
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Identity Crisis
When a person's identity becomes insecure typically due to changes in goals or societal roles
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Fluidity
Easily being able to adjust view points to accept new information
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Reliable
Sources that provide a thorough and well reasoned theory, argument, and discussion.
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Valid
Credibility of a source. Information is unbiased and backed up in facts and evidence.
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3 steps to solving a social problem
Awareness Acceptance Action
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What concepts does "Soldier Child" touch on
Identity Culture Economics Politics
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Benefits of Local Markets
``` Direct Fresher quality Accountability Cheaper Relationships Nutrition ```
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Benefits of supermarkets
``` Variety Efficiency Volume Ready made/processed Safety nets ```
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Parts of an economy
``` Production of commodities Distribution Consumption Taxes Debt load Conspicuous consumptiom ```
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Reciprocity
Exchange of goods/equal trade
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Subsistence vs surplus economies
Subsistence everyone gets what they need | Surplus is based on the wants of people
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Conspicuous comsumption
Proving your "status" by showing off what you own
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Pros of Globalization
Necessary for Growth | Aids in exiting poverty
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Cons of Globalization
Falsified sense of poverty that needs to be "fixed" Reduced value of human rights Ethnocentrism Dependency of people on debt and the system
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Egalitarian
``` Smaller High accountability Consensus High prevention All have a voice Restitution ```
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Ranked system
Medium sized Disparity of wealth but not power More rules to avoid chaos
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Stratified
Disparity is wealth, influence, and power | Intro to the patriarchy
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Absolute Poverty
You don't have what you need and therefore you die.
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Relative poverty
You don't have as much as the people around you
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Conflict vs functional theories
Theories on why we continue the way we do Conflict: conflict is normal, natural, and good. Needed in order to find compromise Functionalist: everyone is where they are because they deserve it
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Causation of electing a Trump
Tinder - everyone is used to the hierarchy so why change it (authoritarianism) - social dominance - intergroup contact - relative deprevatiom Spark -i intersectionailty of all points
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Anthropocene
The epoch of earth created by man
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IPAT
Impact = population × economic activity × techno. Impacts on environment
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Resilency
Ability to adjust to new scenarios | Intellect + physical robustness + emotional stability = resiliency
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Top global issues that lead to the rest
Overpopulation Environmental degradation Violence If you solve 1. 2 and 3 should follow
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Planned Obsolescence
Making things that won't last long in order to force people to buy more.
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5 points to look to see if a society will collapse
Human impact on environment Presence of climate change Dissolution of positive neighbouring relations Presence of negative neighbouring relations Does political system allow for adaptation
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Common threads in societal collapse
Collapse just after peak Fragility of environment Conflict between classes Conflict involving strongly held beliefs
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Grand solution
Forget the idea of having multiple small issues. Look at the big picture and see they're all one in the same
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Mitigation
Slow or stop the progress of the issues at hand
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Reclamation
Avoid creating new negative impacts and focus on making things better while acknowledging that returning to how things were is not an option.
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Disconnected world view
Some people are better than others | Allows beliefs to be used as a scape goat
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Connected worldview
Everything belongs to the planet and everything that exists is here because its necessary Idea shared among most indigenous groups
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Cruelty Factor
Way of measuring how connected a society is. The more cruel the more disconnected they are
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Cruelty
Causing intentional pain and suffering

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