Theoretical Perspectives
The only micro level perspective we have discussed.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
The attitudes and beliefs of a society.
What is non-material culture?
When technology changes faster than our acceptance of the change.
What is Cultural Lag?
Your rank in the social hierarchy of your society.
What is Status?
Sociology is this.
What is the study of human groups and social behavior?
What is Structural Functionalism?
The belief that each culture has its own values and ideals which are valid.
What is Cultural Relativism?
A cult - in regards to culture.
What is Counterculture?
Being an engineer is this kind of status.
What is achieved?
The difference between a society and a culture is this.
What is a defined space?
This perspective is interested in the power dynamics of society and how they create systems of oppression.
What is Conflict Theorism?
The definition of Xenocentrism.
What is the belief that another culture is better than one's own?
Norms which guide our routine and casual interactions.
What are Folkways?
A mother with many young children who does not have enough time to give attention to each child is experiencing this.
What is Role Strain?
A look at the accepted rules between a group of teenagers having a conversation would be a macro-level look or a micro-level look at society?
What is micro-level?
The unsought consequences of a social process.
What are Latent Functions?
When we believe that our culture is better than someone else's.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The spread of objects and ideas from one culture to another.
What is Diffusion?
Someone buys an entirely new wardrobe so they can change how other people see them. This is called?
What is Impression Management?
Being able to think sociologically is called this.
What is using the Sociological Imagination?
This perspective is interested in how we create language and symbols.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Two things which are Cultural Universals.
What are Music and Humor?
How we learn informal norms: Observation, __________ and __________.
What are imitation and socialization?
When I hold ideas and beliefs to be true even though they are not in my best interest.
What is False Consciousness?
People who are _________ are able to see more clearly how society shapes our lives.
Who are outsiders? Who are on the margins of society?