The Sociological Toolkit
What is the ability to connect individuals and their circumstances to larger social and historical forces?
The sociological imagination
What is a series of questions with a set of answers to choose from?
survey
What is a status that stands out or overrides all others called?
Master status
A teacher explains how patriotism and democracy are key ideas in the United States. The teacher is describing what components of United States culture?
Nonmaterial culture
What is the concept that describes when a social construct is divided into two strict categories which are framed as absolute opposites?
Social binary
What is a series of questions with open-ended responses?
interview
Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgical theory says that all social interaction is what?
a performance
What is the concept that describes how the language we speak directly influences and reflects the way we think about and experience the world?
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
What is a social system of domination and subordination that reproduces and enforces normalized beliefs, practices, and ideologies that privilege the dominant groups and oppresses minority groups?
System of power
If a researcher does an intense investigation into one individual’s life, they are using what methodology?
case study
What theory did Robert Merton create that provides a framework for understanding how we conduct ourselves in social situations?
Role Theory
What is the time gap between the appearance of a new technology and the words and practices that give it meaning?
cultural lag
The way we have handled currency and money has changed over time. This demonstrates the money is a…
social construct
Jenna decides to look at how protests took place during the 1900s using newspaper articles. What method is she using?
Historical methods
What is the theory of the Looking-Glass Self?
The theory that our sense of self results from what we believe others perceive us
What is a form of cultural and social control where dominant groups use social institutions to socialize minorities into agreeing with their oppression?
The legal system functions to punish criminals, enforce laws, and keep updating and producing new laws. This demonstrates that the legal system is a…
social institution
What is studying a social setting or people in a specific social setting through participant observation, focusing on how people naturally interact in the social setting?
ethnography
According to Mead’s theory of the social self, what are the four types of awareness of ourselves and others that people experience?
I, me, other, and the generalized other
What is the idea that culture is a projection of social structures and relationships into the public sphere?
Reflection theory