People
Who predicted a classless society would result from a major class conflict?
Karl Marx
What is a set of assumptions that are accepted as true?
Theoretical perspective
What is the knowledge, values, language, and physical objects shared by a society known as?
Culture
What is the process of learning to participate in a group or society called?
Socialization
What is behavior that violates significant social norms called?
Deviance
What is a group that is part of the dominant culture but differs from it in a particular way?
Subculture
What is the belief that all knowledge should come from scientific observation?
Positivism
What is the most powerful symbol used in cultural transmission?
Language
When does socialization begin?
At birth
Which theory claims deviance occurs when there is a gap between desirable goals and a legitimate way of obtaining them?
Strain Theory
What is a group in a society that shares a certain social characteristic, such as age?
Social category
What are the three major theoretical perspectives of Sociology?
Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, and Conflict Theory
What are the three types of norms?
Folkways, mores, and laws
What is the process of forcing individuals to give up old norms and values?
Desocialization
Which theory claims that society creates deviance by identifying certain members as deviants?
Labeling Theory
What is a group that deliberately opposes certain central beliefs of a society?
Counterculture
Which Sociological Perspective sees society as an integrated whole?
Functionalism
What are beliefs?
Ideas about the nature of reality
What is the process of forcing individuals to accept new norms and values?
Resocialization
Which theory claims compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society?
Control Theory
Who is considered the Father of Sociology?
Auguste Comte
How does social change occur according to the Conflict Perspective?
Change occurs as the balance of power shifts from one group to another.
What are general cultural traits that exist in all cultures called?
Cultural universals
What is it called when an individual voluntarily takes on new behaviors and values?
Anticipatory Socialization
What is the condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent called?
Anomie