Chapter 1
The systematic, scientific study of social behavior in human groups.
What is sociology?
Norms that do not have great moral significance VS. norms that do carry great moral significance.
What is the difference between a folkway and a more?
Behavior that violates significant social norms.
What is deviance?
____ occurs when the fulfilling roles of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the roles of another. ____ occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the role expectations of a single status.
What is role conflict and role strain?
____ believes that our personality and behavior are shaped 100% by our genetics. ____ believes that our personality and behavior are shaped 100% by our environment.
What is the nature and nurture?
Viewing the world through other’s eyes. Look beyond commonly held beliefs to hidden meanings.
What is sociological imagination?
Trait, complex, pattern.
What are the components to a cultural diagram?
The enforcing of norms through either internal or external means.
What is social control?
Exchange, competition, conflict, cooperation, accommodation.
What are the 5 types of social interaction?
The family, the peer group, the school, the mass media.
What are the 4 agents of socialization?
Historical method, content analysis, survey method, observation, case study, statistical analysis.
What are the 6 sociological research methods?
Technology, symbols, language, values, norms.
What are the 5 components of culture?
The process by which a norm becomes part of an individual’s personality.
What does it mean to internalize a norm?
Division of labor, ranking of authority, employment based on formal qualifications, rules and regulations, specific lines of promotion and advancement.
What is Weber’s model of bureaucracy?
Sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, formal operational stage.
What are Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development?