SYG-2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Power Elite, Elite, Social Inequality
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People who live within some territory and share patterns of behavior. A way of life including widespread values, beliefs, and behavior. Looks at peoples behaviors and attitudes in the context of the social forces that shape them. Refers to where individuals and groups are located in society. To be at the intersection point of specific social forces (race, gender, age, marital status, etc. ) Any situation that at least some people define as troublesome. Social problem conditions that undermine the well-being of some or all members of society and is usually a matter of public controversy. Act/condition that violates norms in our society (e. g. alcoholism, drug abuse, crime, etc) Socially induced conditions that cause suffering to various segments of the population (e. g. race, class gender) Changes in social institutions (e. g. family, marriage, religion) or large scale social problems (e. g. Changes in social institutions (e. g. family, marriage, religion) or large scale social problems (e. g. population growth, environment, war)
