Unit 1
The study of social life, social change, and the social causes behind human behavior
What is sociology?
Divisions in society based on economic and social status.
What is social class?
A social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. Some we choose and some we are born into.
What is an in-group?
Music, religion, and family are all examples of ______
What are Cultural Universals?
The study of the nature of knowledge, reality and existence
What is philosophy?
The wealthiest Roman social class?
What is Patrician?
A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual based solely on one’s membership in a particular social group
What is prejudice?
Rules that are enforced by the members of a community
What are social norms?
Individuals are born without built-in content, meaning we learn everything from our environment and experiences
What is "Tabula Rasa" or "Blank Slate"?
The two social classes, according to Marx
The thought that someone that is tall is more likely to be at basketball is an example of _____
Somebody is driving significantly below the speed limit and a large number of cars are lined up behind them.
What is a folkway?
The ability to think outside of our own personal experiences and put things into a wider context
Our role in the social class is based on where we are on the production line. Workers want higher wages, capitalists want higher profits
What is the Marxist Theory on Social Class?
A negative action taken towards an individual due to their membership in a particular group
What is discrimination?
What is a folkway?
How an item relates to our environment.
What is the sixth step in sociological imagination?
The idea that government should not interfere with "survival of the fittest"
What is civil disobedience?
Somebody lies to a teacher about cheating on a test
What is a more?