SOC 0471 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intersectionality, Social Learning Theory, Political Action Committee
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Nimby syndrome: (cid:862)not i(cid:374) m(cid:455) ba(cid:272)k ya(cid:396)d,(cid:863) if i (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t see it, it"s (cid:374)ot (cid:373)(cid:455) p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) Social constructionism: thi(cid:374)k of de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e as a la(cid:271)el, (cid:862)put (cid:455)ou(cid:396)self i(cid:374) the de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t"s shoes(cid:863) A deviant is anyone who deviates from expected patterns of action. Could be positive or negative (could be positive i. e. a genius but we tend to think of deviants negatively) Small acts (such as cheating and elevator behavior) are viewed as deviant. Low consensus deviance: no strong agreement that this is really deviance i. e. pot heads, politicians, walmart. High consensus deviance: a strong agreement that this is deviance i. e. murder, robbery. Perspectives of knowledge: compare and contrast the three perspectives. Conventional perspectives of knowledge: surface level (known facts) The positivist perspective (comte gave sociology its name and he was a positivist) Absolutism: deviance is real i. e. (cid:373)u(cid:396)de(cid:396), this al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s hu(cid:396)ts people a(cid:374)d it"s (cid:374)ot a(cid:374) opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) whether this is deviant or not.
