Introduction to Sociology
The study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions, from small and personal groups to very large groups.
What is sociology?
Sociological studies test relationships in which change in one ________ causes change in another.
What is variable?
A nation's flag would be considered this.
What is a symbol?
A group of people who live in a definable community and share the same culture
What is a society?
The process wherein people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values.
What is socialization?
C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects individuals.
What is imagination?
A defined group serving as the subject of a study
What is a population?
Modern day hipsters are an example of this.
What is a subculture?
This group owns the means of production.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
The earliest agent of socialization.
What is family?
The founder of sociology that believed societies changed due to class struggle.
Who is Karl Marx?
A measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.
What is reliability?
The belief that one’s culture is inferior to another culture.
What is xenocentrism?
The first society to have permanent residents.
What is a horticultural society?
The way we prepare for future life roles
What is anticipatory socialization?
A German word that means to understand in a deep way.
What is verstehen?
The person who defined the concept of value neutrality.
Who is Max Weber?
Two terms that are often used interchangeably, but have nuances that differentiate them.
What are culture and society?
The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.
What is alienation?
This sociologist conducted a study that described the differences in the way that boys and girls view morality.
Who is Carol Gilligan?
These three sociologists were advocates for conflict theory.
Who is Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx?
Represents research collected in numerical form that can be counted
What is quantitative data?
Paying for haircuts, going to the dentist, and transportation on the bus are examples of this.
What is non-material culture?
Charles Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
People base their images on how they think other people see them.
Name one way schools prepare children to one day enter the workforce.
What is:
With a standardized curriculum
Through the hidden curriculum.
By socializing them in teamwork.