The Basics
Emile Durkheim was the first to use statistical analysis in his study of this social issue:
What is suicide?
Big ideas about what is acceptable or desirable in society are called:
What are values?
This agent of socialization is the MOST important in children developing gender roles:
What is the family?
The key word in functionalism - society strives for:
What is stability?
This method of research is great for getting a large numbers of responses in a short amount of time:
What is a survey?
Right vs. rude behavior describes this type of norm:
What is a folkway?
A place where the residents are controlled 24/7 by the person in charge:
What is a total institution?
The groups we use to judge ourselves and our social behavior:
What are reference groups?
Different groups compete for scarce resources. Which perspective believes that?
What is Conflict Theory?
Sociologists try to view society as outsiders in order to remain objective. This is called:
What is the sociological imagination?
The worst things you can do in a culture, the most forbidden.
What is a taboo?
This agent of socialization is important for children to learn cooperation, conflict resolution, and competition:
What is the peer group?
Groups that form to carry out a task or work toward a specific goal:
What are secondary groups?
Symbolic Interactionism says that society runs because people have a shared understanding of:
What is symbols?
When a sociologist wants to study a person or group in detail, they should use this research method:
What is a case study?
Women's sports are now shown on television and watched nationwide. This is an example of what kind of cultural change?
What is discovery?
When group members conform with a negative or harmful outcome:
What is groupthink?
A student has exams for all 7 classes this week and is struggling to study for all of them. This is an example of role ____:
What is role strain?
Herbert Spencer (YUCK!) compared society to the human body - everything has a role to perform. This aligns with this perspective:
What is functionalism?
Schools are intended as places to learn, but they are also a place where bullying happens. Bullying in schools is an example of what kind of function?
What is a latent function?
Inuit nations have over 1,000 words for snow and ice, yet indigenous cultures in the Amazon have only one. This is an example of the:
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
You study hard for a test. You think you failed the test. Therefore, you think your teacher now hates you. This is an example of the:
Teacher A bought Teacher B a holiday gift, knowing Teacher B would feel guilty and then HAVE to buy Teacher A a gift. This is an example of this type of social interaction:
This perspective focuses on the micro level, or person to person interactions:
What is symbolic interactionism?