Unit 1
This man, the father of sociology, believed that scientific reasoning (positivism) pushed us forward.
Auguste Comte
If someone were to generalize the lifestyles of people in other countries, often judging their ways of life as backward or barbaric, their behavior would be:
Ethnocentric
Unifying the group, diffusing tension, creating social change, providing jobs are the 4 functions of:
Deviance
This theory sees institutions like education and family as working together to maintain stability and order in society.
Functionalist
Society works due to the common social bonds we form with one another, through our ideas, values, norms, and beliefs in this theory by Emile Durkheim
Collective Conscience
A community volunteer program where individuals from diverse backgrounds work on a shared cause is an example of:
contact hypothesis
When a team, together, pressured to make a quick decision, ignores warnings about a product's safety and launches it anyway, hoping to avoid negative publicity. This represents:
Groupthink
This theory views society as a battleground for scarce resources, where institutions like education often reinforce inequality.
Conflict
In George Herbert Mead's Theory of Social Behaviorism, how do children learn about the role they play in life?
Through imitation, role-taking, and play
Known for their rebellious attitude and DIY ethos, often expressing themselves through clothing, music, and art that challenges mainstream norms, goths could be considered:
a counterculture
In order to resocialize and release criminals back into society as functional members, we need to practice:
rehabilitation.
This theory emphasizes how individuals shape society through meaning-making in face-to-face interactions, such as how a wedding ring symbolizes commitment.
Symbolic Interactionism
What 4 events/time periods pushed society into modern sociological thought?
Industrial Revolution
Political Revolutions
Imperialism
The Enlightenment
If you walk in a town or city, many may be found jaywalking because it may be faster or more accessible. A person can get a ticket for it in most communities because it is technically violating a law.
Is this a folkway, more, or taboo?
more
Permissible clothing for women to wear changes from culture to culture, so there is no one definitive standard for women's dress. This represents what form of relativism?
Situational
Social behavior is driven by individuals weighing costs and benefits to maximize personal advantage in relationships and interactions.
Exchange-Rational Choice