Sociology is my favorite class
What is the definition of society?
a group of people that share a common geographical territory & culture
Sociology is the study of
human society & behavior
What is a social norm?
Unwritten rule of behaviour
Waiting in line for your turn at the store is an example of a
social norm
Social location refers to what?
A combination of factors that describes a person's place in society and the groups they belong to
Who founded sociology?
Auguste Comte
Sociological imagination compares the relationship between which two things?
personal troubles & public issues
Industrialization is the transition from agriculture to...
manufacturing
Urbanization, natural disasters, and crisis can create a condition of...
anomie
What is another name for the "owners of means of production"
Bourgeoisie
The intended purpose of a social unit is called
manifest function
A school's grading system is one way of explaining which theoretical perspective perspective
symbolic interactionist
The working class is referred to as what according to Karl Marx
Proletariat
What is Purposive sampling
a biased sampling technique in which only certain kinds of people are included in a sample
Who stressed that sociology should be "value free"
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer is known for pushing the theory of...
Social Darwinism
Discovering that homelessness may be caused by a variety of factors including employment rate, housing prices, etc. instead of people simply being lazy is an example of using
sociological imagination
What would be a latent function of a shopping mall?
a place where people hang out
socioeconomic status, race, gender, age, religion, and geographic location are all factor that make up...
your social location
What is the global sociological imagination?
The ability to see the relationship between individual nations and the global society.
What is the functionalist perspective
a theory that views society as a complex system of interconnected parts that work together to promote stability and unity
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
participants may change behavior because they know they are being studied
What is symbolic interactionism
It emphasizes that people act based on their understanding of how others perceive them and how they perceive themselves
Conducting a scientific study to understand the relationship between education and income is an example of
positivism
What is conflict perspective
theory that examines the power struggles and conflicts that arise from the inherent divisions in society