unit 1
What Is Sociology ?
The study of society on a large scale
What are Norms ?
Rules or guidelines regarding what kinds of behavior are acceptable and appropriate within a particular culture.
What is socialization ?
The activity of mixing socially with others
What is ascribed status ?
The social status that is assigned to someone at birth.
What is a Stigma ?
The extreme disapproval of an individual base on social characteristics that are perceived to distinguish them from other members of a society.
What is symbolic interactionism ?
Everything exists in society as symbols
What Is Material Culture ?
Tangible things that are relevant in ones culture
What is subculture ?
A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.
What is a in-group ?
Group that one identifies with and feels loyalty towards
What is Strain Theory ?
Proposal that pressure derived from social factors, such as lack of income or lack of quality education, drives individuals to commit crime.
What Is Sociological Perspective ?
An approach to understand human behavior by placing it in a broader social context
What is Cultural Relativism ?
Not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal.
What is the looking glass self ?
The process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them.
What is Role Strain ?
The stress that results from the differing demands and expectations associated with a social role.
What is Deviance ?
Going against what society deems as normal.
What Is Conflict Theory perspective ?
There is always someone who is willing to replace you and work. Rich Vs Poor. Everyone is rich or poor and plays a role in society.
What are Formal Sanctions ?
The penalties laid down by law that can be imposed on those convicted of a crime.
What is Freud's theory of self ?
Personality is composed of three elements known as the id, the ego, and the superego.
What is a Primary Group ?
Family or close friends
What is Differential Association Theory ?
When one learns criminal attitudes and behaviors through those around them.
What Is Structural Functionalism ?
A theory that views society as a complex but orderly and stable system with interconnected structures and functions or social patterns that operate to meet the needs of individuals in a society.
What is Ethnocentrism ?
The evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
What Is Mead's theory of self ?
Ones identity emerges out of external social interactions and internal feelings of oneself.
What is Role Conflict ?
Two different roles (teammate and son or daughter)
What is Tertiary Deviance ?
Validating your deviance