Groups and Organizations
Sociologists use this term to distinguish what rank somebody has in a class system
What is Status
This theory, made by sociologist Robert Merton, plays a role in which someone deviates or confroms
What is Strain Theory
This is a market characterized by a small number of firms who realize they are interdependent in their pricing and output policies
What is Oligopoly
While stratification in the United States refers to the unequal distribution of resources among individuals, this refers to this unequal distribution among nations
What is Global Stratification
This is defined as a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous
What is Cult
Sociologist Charles Cooley came up with this idea of how we appear to others is the way they see us
What is the looking glass self
This status is a label that describes the chief characteristic of an individual.
What is a Master Status
This is the process by which innovations are adopted by a population
What is Technological Diffusion
Contrary to relative poverty, people who live in this kind of poverty lack even the basic necessities, which typically include adequate food, clean water, safe housing, and access to healthcare.
What is Extreme Poverty
This is a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs
What is Sect
One of these is a two member group and one of these is a three member group
What is a dyad and a triad
Crimes are called this when the perpetrator is not explicitly harming another person
What is Victimless
The production, distribution, and consumption of media products on a global scale, facilitating the exchange and diffusion of ideas cross-culturally
What is Media Globalization
This kind of poverty describes poverty that is composed of many dimensions; it is subjectively present when your actual income does not meet your expectations and perceptions.
What is Subjective Poverty
This is the name for the belief of multiple gods
What is Polytheism
This is the extent to which an individual complies with group norms or expectations
What is Comformity
This type of white-collar crime committed by individuals within their legitimate occupations, for the benefit of their employing organization
What is a Corporate Crime
This is a process in which fewer and fewer owners control the majority of media outlets.
What is Media Consolidation
This is the unfair and unequal distribution of resources in any society
What is Global Inequality
This is the belief in no gods or entities
What is Atheism
These organizations are groups that we must be coerced, or pushed, to join.
What are Coercive organizations
This system is charged with supervising individuals who have been arrested, convicted, and sentenced for a criminal offense, plus people detained while awaiting hearings, trials, or other procedures.
What is Corrections System
With nearly every U.S. household possessing one of these and the 250 billion hours watched annually by people in the United States making it one of the most popular items in the world.
What is a Television
This index measures the extent to which the distribution of income or consumption among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution
What is the Gini index