The answer starts with the letter "D"
Any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs.
What is deviance?
German economist and philosopher who stressed that history is a continuous clash between conflicting iedas and forces.
Who was Karl Marx
The sociological approach that views society as a stable, orderly system.
What is the functionalist theory or perspective?
Formal, standardized norms that have been enacted by legislatures and are enforced by formal sanctions.
What are laws?
The official school colors of VGCC.
What are green and yellow?
The subfield of sociology that examines population population size, composition, and distribution.
What is demography?
This French sociologist stressed that people are the product of their social environment. His most important contributions to sociology is the idea that societies are built on social facts.
Who was Emile Durkheim
The explanation that society is characterized by social inequality; social life is a struggle for scarce or unlimited resources.
What is the conflict theory?
Rewards for appropriate behavior or penalties for inappropriate behavior.
What are sanctions?
Name three of the four counties served by VGCC.
Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren
Erving Goffman's term for the study of social interaction that compares everyday life to a theatrical presentation.
What is dramaturgy?
This German social scientist emphasizes that sociology should be "value free".
Who was Max Weber
According to this theory, society is the sum of the interactions of people and groups. How people define a situation becomes the foundation for how they behave.
What is symbolic interactionism?
A category of people who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs, values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant manner from the dominat culture.
What is a subculture?
The city where the South Campus is located.
Where is Creedmoor?
Actions or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harfl effect on members of a subordinate group.
What is discrimination?
This French philosopher coined the term, "Sociology".
Who was Auguste Comte
An approach that directs attention to women's experiences and the importance of gender as an element of social structure.
What is the Feminist Approach?
Activities, products, and services that are assumed to appeal primarily to members of the middle and working class.
What is popular or "pop" culture?
The mascott of VGCC.
What is a Vanguard?
What is a dominate group?
This African American scholar created a laboratory of sociology, instituted a program of systematic research, has an established record of valuable publications. He was the first scholar to note that a dual heritage creates conflict for peope of color
Who was W.E.B. Dubois
The two level of theoretical approaches.
Macrolevel and Microlevel
A set of symbols that express ideas adn enables people to think and communicate with one another.
What is language?
Who is the President of VGCC?
Who is Dr. Rachael Desmarais?