Soc: exam 2

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*groups *deviance v. crime

Created Mar 23, 2009
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	Side A	Side B
1	most people find it difficult to obey authorities b-cuz	they fear ridicule, ostracism, & punishment
2	why didn't more ordinary German citizens resist the Nazis	paid more attention to norms than morality did not want to let down comrades *wanted to maintain...
3	Nazi regime's genocide machine operated efficiently partly b-cuz	it was bureaucratically organized achieved max efficiency by breaking down large goal one...
4	Milgram's experiment: deadly "shocks" to subjects that answered questions incorrectly, tester/shockers...	we are inclined to obey those in power, whether authority structure in new & artificial or...
5	group of people against whom an indiv. evaluates his situation is called...	a reference group
6	leadership style that allows subordinates to work largely on their own w/ almost no direction...	laissez-faire leadership
7	standard sociological criticisms of bureaucracy? (1,2)	dehumanization (unique to standard) bureaucratic ritualism (so occupied with rules & regulations...
8	standard sociological criticisms of bureaucracy? (3,4)	oligarchy (rule of few) bureaucratic inertia (so large & rigid they lose touch w/ reality...
9	proportion of Jews killed during WWII was highest?	where nations were bureaucratically organized
10	pressure to conform despite individual misgivings is called?	groupthink
11	except for crisis situations, the most effective leadership style is?	democratic
12	societies are collectivities of interacting people who share...	a culture & territory
13	hellish working conditions & deep social inequality characterized early...	industrial societies
14	class & gender inequality...	began to decrease as industrial societies matured
15	which country has more people behind bars than any other?	United States
16	MLK Jr was considered deviant & criminal in his lifetime, but not today. This illustrates that...	what society considers to be deviant and criminal changes over time
17	breaking a norm is known as?	Deviance
18	Coca-cola originally contained cocaine. Now cocaine is illegal because...	of "perceived harmfulness"; the perceptions of harmfulness changed
19	minor acts of deviance such as participating in fads, fashions, or dying your hair an unusual...	social diversions
20	when many people agree that an act is deviant & somewhat harmful & that the act should be subject...	social deviations
21	a crime that generates little debate over its seriousness is a type of?	consensus crime
22	crucial elements in the social construction of deviance and crime	*power
23	leader who tries to include all members in the decision-making process & molds best ideas into...	democratic leader
24	rape is associated w/ a low rate of prosecution. rapists often...	hold women in contempt & do not regard rape as a real crime
25	a crime "committed by a person of respectibility & high social status in the course of his...	white-collar crime
26	crime committed disproportionately by people from the lower classes?	street crimes
27	methods of ensuring conformity are known as?	social control
28	collective adaptation to social conditions in which people create distinctive norms & values...	subcultural theory
29	theory that sees crime/deviance as growing out of social pressures that cause people to deviate	strain theory
30	if kids grown up in an env. where the people they care about teach them it is OK to choose...	differential association
31	labeling theory holds that deviance results in...	response of others who label rule-breaker as deviant, not so much actions of the deviant
32	which theory focuses on the power & influence of wealthy & elites in imposing deviant & criminal...	conflict theory
33	Robinson Crusoe, Swept Away & Titanic all illustrate issues of social inequality because they...	illustrate social relations that underlie and shape inequaltiy
34	the idea that society is organized in layers or strata is called?	social stratification
35	the assets you own & control compose your...	wealth
36	a home, car, & some appliances are all examples of...	wealth
37	what you are able to earn in a given period of time is know as...	your income
38	many members of the upper-upper class...	inherit their wealth
39	the meas. of income inequality that ranges from 0 to 1, meas of the level of internal strata...	Gini Index
40	variations in income & wealth between countries is known as	global inequality
41	in India society was divided into?	castes born into *determines occupations, who you can marry
42	in medieval Western Europe peasants were bound to land for life; landlord shared in peasants...	feudalism
43	what is determined by someone's "relationship to the mean of production?" (Marx)	social class/ status
44	those who do not own the "means of production" & work for wages (Marx)	proletariat
45	members of the class that own the "means of production" such as factories, land & tools	bourgeoisie
46	idea that a judge's work contributes more to society than a janitors?	functional theory of stratification
47	people acquire specific cultural tastes associated w/ their ???. This helps to distinguish...	subculture
48	(Weber) class is determined by one's	market situation: the possession of goods, opportunities for income, level of edu & degree...
49	the movie 'Sweet Home Alabama' achieves a happy ending by denying the often-difficult process...	social mobility
50	what has a profound impact on the distribution of opportunities & rewards of society?	political life
51	term to describe the simultaneous homogenization of some aspects of life & the strengthening...	Glocalization
52	global inequality results from various dysfunctional characteristics of poor societies themselves...	Modernization theory
53	views economic development as the result of exploitive relations between rich & poor countries...	Dependency theory
54	according 2 dependency theorist, multinational corporations & rich countries continue exploitation...	giving military & economic support to authoritarian governments
55	Wallerstein argues that capitalist development has resulted in the creation of tiers, which...	core capitalist countries peripheral countries *semiperipheral countries
56	semiperipheral countries differ from peripheral countries in all ways except?	racial background
57	today which countries are industrializing quickly?	China & India
58	UN urges 22 richest nations to contribute .07% or GDP to development of aid of poor nations....	USA
59	??? nations are rich, such as US, Japan & Germany that are the major sources of capital & tech...	core capitalist countries
60	a ??? is a WW network of labor & production processes whose end result are a finished commodity	global commodity chain
61	??? the is the economic domination of one nation by another	imperialism
62	??? nations are former nations that are poor & are major sources of raw materials & cheap labor	peripheral nations
63	of the 1.3 bil people around the world living on a $1 a day or less, 1 bil are...	women
64	antiglobalization activists suggest that globalization is a form of...	imperialism
65	30 drive form the capital of the Philippines an estimated 70,000 Filipinos live on...	*55acre mt of rotting garbage
66	Was Schindler a whistleblower?	No, False
67	Defining a Jew as anyone who has one Jewish GP, the German gov passed laws that supported systematic...	norms of solidarity obedience to structures of authority *bureaucratic organization
68	Schindler told Stern he does presentation not work. "Smoozing", know who to contact & what...	organizational environment/ organizational assets
69	An organized massacred of helpless people often associated w/ the treatment of Jews & other...	pogrom
70	Rich & powerful impose criminal labels on less powerful, but use their $$ to escape punishment...	conflict theory