Theoretical Perspectives
The judicial system is here to protect the ones who are victims of crime
What is Functionalism
Culture can be defined as
What is values, standards and belief shared by a large group of people
Can we blame societal problems on genetics.
What is No, not fully
Name a socialization agent
What is the Family
The reason why Emily, a low income grad-students, cannot get food stamps
Conflict Theory
How is it possible that people are able to make billions of dollars a year, while we have rampant homelessness
What is Conflict Theory?
Explain the relationship of society and culture
What is Without society there no one to uphold culture, and without culture there is no society of people who can share culture
Do we learn from imitating our parents, if so provide an example
What is Yes
What are the 5 Stages of Life Course
What is Childhood, Teenage, Young adult, Middle Life, Later Life
An older person wants to pick up a job being a cashier but the job tells them that they are going to slow eveything up, what is this an example of.
Ageism
When we interact we create meaning in our life what is that
What is Symbolic Interaction
Name the difference between social facts and social constraint
What is social facts refer to norms and social constraint refers to the thing we feel while following the norm
Are feral children feral due to biology, is not biology then why are they feral.
What is lack of socialization.
What constitutes as the "pre operational stage" of development
What is ego-centric
A child is mimicking her mom cooking by making a mud pie, what is the child doing
What is taking the role of the other
When systems fail to protect the ones who are victims but yet also protect the ones who find loopholes in the system this is
What is Conflict theory
Can culture be genetics?
What is no, we aren't engraved with culture, we are socialized with culture
Can we fully say that society isn't influence by biology
What is No
If we tell a joke, and everyone laughs and someone says " Your really funny" then you start to see yourself as funny, what is this
What is the self looking glass
I am a young, black, a woman, a psychology student this is an example of
What type of function does racism plays in our society, if so provide an example.
dysfunction, helps the in-group people vindicate their actions by reinforcing their ideology
What is a working woman and a full time mom, its hard to fulfill one role without having constraint.
Explain why biological determinism couldn't work in explaining something like obesity or deviance
What is, biology isn't a sole factor in a semi social phenomena
How do parents reinforce gender roles
What is Dressing girls up in pink, dressing boys up in blue. Saying something is 'girly' or 'boyish
A black mother is having a conversation to her son going to school and how he could be different from other, but affirmative to him " no matter what color you are, you are destined for greatness' this is an example off
Race socialization