What are: body adornment, cooking, dancing, feasting, family, forms of greeting, funeral ceremonies, gift giving, housing, language, medicine, music, religion, sports, toolmaking
100
the difference between ascribed and achieved status.
give an example
What is
ascribed= beyond a person's control (sister)
achieved=own direct efforts (lawyer)
100
List the four agents of socialization
What
family, mass media, school, peer group
100
difference between primary and secondary deviance
What is
primary= nonconformity that goes undetected by authority
secondary= nonconformity that results in the individual being labeled as deviant and accepting label as true
200
Tell me three advantages to having a sociological perspective.
What is
1. look beyond commonly held beliefs to hidden meanings behind human actions
2. see that all people are social beings
3. broaden view of social world
4. view the world through others' eyes
200
List the five components of culture
What is technology, symbols, language, values, and norms
200
the difference between role expectation and role performance
What is
expectation= what is expected from society
performance= actual role behavior
200
Describe Cooley's theory of the looking-glass self.
What is
interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others.
200
List the social functions of deviance
What are
clarifying norms, unifying the group, diffusing tension, promoting social change, providing jobs.
300
List six social sciences and briefly describe what they are.
What is anthropology, psychology, social psych, economics, political science, and history.
300
Describe the difference between material and non material culture. Give an example of each
What is
material=physical objects that people create and use
nonmaterial= abstract human creations
300
The three types of accommodation
explain each
What are compromise, truce, and mediation
300
How can children who are institutionalized be similar to feral children?
What is
lack of development psychologically and socially
300
Describe strain theory---don't just read the definition
What is
views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society.
400
What is the relationship between the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the development of sociology
What is the rapid growth of urban populations produced a multitude of social problems.
people seeking work outpaced jobs
housing shortages
rise in crime
pollution
400
Describe the meaning of ethnocentrism. What can be some positive or negative effects of it?
What is tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior.
+ can be that it allows for group unity
- can be that is causes society to stagnate or stop growing
400
List the six sources of social change.
What is
values and beliefs
technology
population
diffusion
physical environment
wars/conquets
400
Describe the three step process of role-taking according to Mead.
What is
1. imitation
2. play and acting out of roles
3. organized games
400
Describe a degradation ceremony
What is
publicly denounced, found guilty, or given new identity
500
Explain Karl Marx's theory on the structure of society
What is the structure of society is influenced by how its economy is organized.
Bourgeoisie
proletariat
500
Explain the two different types of norms discussed in class. Give an example of each.
What are folkways and mores
500
List the six types of groups and give an example of each.
What are:
primary and secondary groups
reference
in groups. and out groups
e-communities
social networks
500
List the major factors thought to influence personality and behavior
What are:
heredity, birth order, cultural environment, parental char
500
List the different types of crime and give an example of each.
What is violent, crime against property, victimless, white-collar, organized