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Sociological Imagination - ANSWER-the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individuals life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history The Chicago School - ANSWER-the em...

anomie - ANSWER-despair when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little regulation. conflict theory - ANSWER-Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic force of social change and society in general. division of labor - ANSWER-degree to which jobs are...

What is the American Dream? - ANSWER-1. anyone can pursue success 2. we all have reasonable assurance to be successful 3. hard-work is rewarded by success in marketplace 4. success is virtue What is poverty? - ANSWER-conditions of deprivation due to economic circumstances. - Individual cant l...

race - ANSWER-a social definition based on some real or presumed physical, biological characteristic, as well as a shared lineage; more about what people define it to be than it is about any basic physical differences ethnicity/ ethnic group - ANSWER-socially defined; on the basis of some real or...

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWER-The ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. Verstehen - Max Weber - ANSWER-"understanding" in German. Suggests th...

Cycle of Violence - ANSWER--3 phases 1. violence: use violence to get someone to do what you want them to 2. hearts and flowers: undermines sense of reality- romantic makeup phases (SOS) 3. Carping Phase: undermining another's self-esteem (verbal/physical phase) 3 things to know about cycle...

Core nations - ANSWER-dominant capitalist countries, highly industrialized, technological, and urbanized Debt accumulation - ANSWER-buildup of external debt, wherein countries borrow money from other nations to fund their expansion or growth goals Debt bondage - ANSWER-the poor pledge themselv...

power - ANSWER-The ability to impose one's will on others is called extrinsic religiosity - ANSWER-Arthur does not leave his house each morning until after he puts on his chain with the Star of David on it. This exemplifies his the hidden curriculum - ANSWER-The values or behaviors that stude...

economy - ANSWER-social institution that organizes a society's production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. goods - ANSWER-commodities ranging form necessities to luxury items. services - ANSWER-activities that benefit others agricultural revolution - ANSWER-the earlies...

Race - ANSWER-a group of people who share a set of characteristics—typically, but not always, physical ones— and are said to share a common bloodline Racism - ANSWER-the belief that members of separate races possess different and unequal traits Scientific racism - ANSWER-nineteenth-century...

social stratification - ANSWER-a system by which society rank categories of people in a hierarchy social mobility - ANSWER-a change in position within the social hierarchy caste system - ANSWER-social stratification based on ascription; or birth class system - ANSWER-social stratification b...

The economy is not only about money, but also about: A. the people who are most important to an individual's sense of self. B. only symbolic. C. the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. D. encouraging cooperation over competition. E. rituals and beliefs that divide ...