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Sociology (310) Exam #1an alleged situation that is incompatible with the values of a significant number of people OR a
number of significant people - ANS-Social Problem
pathological deviations from universal, normal behavior - ANS-Social Pathology
alcoholism, theft, murder, etc. - ANS-Morally Defined Problems
conditions in society govern human behavior - ANS-Social Disorganization
result of deviant individuals who violate a society's expectations - ANS-Individual Deviance
goals and morals have conflict - ANS-"G-M" Split
society and its organizations do not meet the needs of its individual members (healthcare,
government, etc.) - ANS-Institutional Deviance
varies by place, time and audience - ANS-Social Constitution of Social Problems
the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society -
ANS-Sociological Imagination
condition/behavior within a person's control and can be individually resolved - ANS-Private
Trouble
condition/behavior that is beyond a person's control and can only be resolved by collective
action - ANS-Public Issue
- Norm Violations
- Social Conditions - ANS-Normative or Structural Social Problem
- Person-Blame Approach
- System-Blame Approach - ANS-Social Structure and Social Problems
Nine Fallacies of Logic - ANS-Critical Thinking
the tendency to overgeneralize by using one or two instances to support an argument -
ANS-Dramatic Instance Fallacy
what happens historically "had to" happen, and just the way it did - ANS-Retrospective
Determinism Fallacy
, one defines an abstract idea into something concrete - ANS-Misplaced Concreteness Fallacy
tactic used to attack the opponent personally when one cannot support a position by reason,
logic, or facts - ANS-Personal Attack Fallacy
people use popular prejudices and passions to convince others of the correctness of their
opinions - ANS-Appeal to Prejudice Fallacy
using conclusions to support the assumptions that were necessary to draw the conclusions -
ANS-Circular Reasoning Fallacy
argument by an illegitimate appeal to authority - ANS-Authority Fallacy
the assertion that what is true of a part is also true of a whole - ANS-Composition Fallacy
something that doesn't follow logically from what has preceded it - ANS-Non-Sequitur Fallacy
rules/expectations written into law (guidelines) - ANS-Crime and Justice Norms
written norm created by society - ANS-Crime and Justice Law
resolves non-criminal disputes (disagreements) - ANS-Civil Law
defines people's responsibilities to uphold public order - ANS-Criminal Law
violation of a criminal law - ANS-Crime
less serious crime - ANS-Misdemeanor
more serious crime - ANS-Felony
use of authority to uphold what is lawful in a completely impartial and fair manner - ANS-Justice
- most of the U.S see crime as a serious problem
- most people in the U.S will be victimized by crime in their lifetime at least once - ANS-Extent of
the Problem
crimes against property and objects owned by others (88% overall in crimes) - ANS-Property
Crime
crimes against people (12% overall in crimes) - ANS-Violent Crime
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
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