Psychology & Sociology

Mr. Pankow: Social Structure & Inequality

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What society is rather than how it exists/changes Everything is created from the mind of society: ____

Puts a lot of focus on individuals and how they behave Based on meaning we give to things: ____

Looks at stability of society = ____ How society changes = ____ How things are given value = ____ How individuals act = ____

Macro level perspective on society Focuses on gender inequalities inherent to partriarchal capitalist societies: ____

People always take rational actions Weighing costs and benefits to each other to gain most benefit: ____

Application of Rational Choice theory to social interaction People behave with the goal of maximizing own rewards while minimizing punishme…

When people become ill, medicine ensures they return to functional state so they can become functional to society: ____

Ex. Who has access to medical care? Unequal distribution of acces to resources in society: ____

We have assumptions about different races, genders, and subcultures Dangerous to medical professionals: ____

Pt/Doctors construct illness out of ordinary behavior: ____

Given meanings of lab coat/stethoscope can affect interaction: ____

Medicine is still a male-dominant field, heads of doctors and hospitals usually men Translates into a disparity in power: ____

What is the purpose of medical systems? To keep people healthy or a capitalist organization?? ____

The norm that human remains should be buried in a cemetery outside the settlement is: ____

Cohorts are also known as ____

____ is from 2004+

____ is from 1995-2003

____ are from 1980s-2000s Also known as ____

____ are from 1946-1964 Large population in US, now up to 60s

____ is from 1925-1945

____ is from 1901-1924

What is Dependency ratio? ____

What is Life Course Theory? ____

What refers to a research perspective that considers how experiences from earlier in life affect outcomes later in life? ____

What is Age Stratification Theory? ____

What is Activity Theory? ____

Looks at human development as a constant process from birth to death = ____ Successful elderly people maintain the social and physical acti…

Older adults and society separate, assume they become more self-absorbed as they age: ____

People try to maintain same basic structure throughout their lives overtime: ____

What is Racial formation theory? ____

Difference between a Race and Ethnicity: Race = socially defined category based on ____ Ethnicity = socially defined category based on ____

What is Population transfer? ____

What is Inter-Colonialism? ____

What is Assimilation? ____

What is Pluralism? ____

Define Cis-gender: ____

Define Trans-gender: ____

Define Gender queer: ____

Define Agender: ____

Define Gender fluid: ____

What is Non-binary? ____

What is Third Gender: ____

Sexual Orientation refers to ____ and ____

What is Racialization? ____

Gender Schema theory ____

Men should offer to take a woman's coat, pay the dinner check, etc. This is an example of: ____

What we expect men and females to do. Organized information regarding the order of actions that are approximate to a familiar situation: __…

What is Urbanization? ____

City vs. Metropolis: ____

What is a Megalopolis? ____

Urban complex of 44 million people in NYC area from Boston to DC: ____

Functionalist view of cities: ____

Conflict theory on cities: ____

Symbolic interactions theory on cities: ____

What is Cosmopolites? ____

What is Suburbanization? ____

What is Urban Decline? ____

What are Exurbs? ____

What is Urban renewal? ____ Can lead to: ____

What is Gentrification? ____

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