Schools of Thought
This person coined the term Sociology.
Who is Auguste Comte.
To follow or adhere to social norms.
What is conformity?
To ignore or go against social norms.
What is deviance?
The leader of the Peoples' Temple.
Who is Jim Jones?
This early serial killer was never caught but is suspected of 11+ murders in East London (England).
Who is Jack the Ripper?
The phenomenon that underlies many examples of failing to help strangers in distress.
What is the bystander effect?
This person argued that change is driven by conflict between opposing interests; his theory centred around inequities and power imbalances.
Who is Marx?
The experience of isolation resulting from powerlessness; a feeling that one does not share in major social values and goals of society.
What is alienation?
This student at North Shore High School was deviant because she did not conform to the norms expected by her peers.
Who is Janis Ian?
Where is Guyana?
This early serial killer was an American man in medical school who at one point was taking out life insurance claims on cadavers.
The study of social encounters, experiences, roles and interactions of individuals and small groups in society.
What is microsociology?
This theory argues that parts of society are independent and that this interdependency creates structure (i.e. everything must work together in order to properly function).
What is Structural Functionalism?
When people follow along with decisions to avoid feeling like an outcast from the group, which can lead to errors in judgement and poor decisions.
What is groupthink?
The three types of deviant behaviours we discussed in class.
What are odd behaviour, bad behaviour and admired behaviour?
One of the three main characteristics of a cult
What is a group led by charismatic leader?
What is indoctrination or mind control?
What is exploitation.
A person who kills 4+ victims in one event at one location with no cooling off period.
What is a mass murderer?
A serial killer who feels that they need to rid the world of a particular group, who they feel are immoral or unworthy.
What is a mission-oriented serial killer?
This theory looks at how the individual influences society, focusing on how individuals learn about their society or culture through personal experiences and how they interpret things and give them meaning.
What is Symbolic Interaction?
One of the factors affecting conformity.
What is the strength of the group?
What is the proximity to others?
What is the number of people in the group?
A person who obtains their disorder from genetic predisposition; they cannot feel empathy or guilt.
What is a psychopath?
A social scientist would say that a group has become a cult when this happens.
What is manipulation that becomes destructive?
Being convicted of this type of murder means your actions were premeditated and involved planning; it will land you life in prison without the chance of parole for 25 years.
What is first degree murder?
This man may once have been seen to be doing things that were "bad" deviance, but can now be looked at as admired deviance when he saved the lives of countless children during the Holocaust.
Who is Nicholas Winton?
This person believed that society is a stable system based on consensus, but saw crime as inevitable. To this person, crime performs positive functions like reaction from society, causing members to unite against the wrongdoer.
Who is Durkheim?
The punishments and rewards given to ensure conformity to the rules. These are set by society and the law to ensure people are acting accordingly.
This person believed that deviant people were simply powerless and trying to have their voices heard and that norms in society are created by the powerful.
Who is Karl Marx?
Who are The Branch Davidians.
This is a type of culpable homicide that involves doing something illegal/ negligent (such as driving drunk) but not intending to kill someone.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
When each witness assumes that others understood the situation more than they did so no one does anything about it.