Theory & Society
What is an organized and interdependent group of individuals who live together in a specific geographic area called?
A society
What type of culture involves all human-made objects we can see or touch?
Material culture
In which type of society would it be most common to hear sounds like “oink, oink” and “mooo”?
Herding societies
Perhaps the most important micro-level formal agent of socialization is our own ________ .
Family
In the movie “A Bronx Tale,” Calogero’s dad is played by what actor?
Robert De Niro
According to the textbook, the Walker family from Norfolk, Virginia grabs dinner where?
A fast food restaurant
What is the tendency to view one’s own group or culture as being right or proper and superior to all others.
Ethnocentrism
Name the type of society that relies on automated production and service jobs.
Post-industrial society
Television and computers represent which type of informal agent of socialization?
Electronic media
Who is the well-known basketball coach that Saint John’s gymnasium is named after?
Lou Carnesecca
What can be described as the social cohesion based on division of labor with members being interdependent on each other?
Organic solidarity
Which type of culture would the beliefs and values shared within a certain culture fall under?
Nonmaterial culture
This type of society relies primarily on making and using technological advances to continuously re-cultivate the same land to raising crops for food.
Agricultural society
Socialization varies by __________, or the wealth, power, and prestige rankings that individuals hold in society.
Social class
Who is the best basketball team in the NBA (according to Professor Ortiz)?
Knicks
In reference to technology, the textbook defines culture as being the_____ and society as the_____?
Software, Hardware
This is a term used to describe rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system. Examples may include our routine behaviors such as obeying traffic signs and greeting people we meet.
Norms
A society where the food production strategy is based on the domestication of plants, creating small gardens, and domesticating animals is called. . .
Horticultural society
As more people have access to _________, they also have access to international information and friendships across borders and boundaries.
the internet
DAILY DOUBLE
Question: Who is the patron that Saint John’s University is named after?
Who is an early French sociologist who pictured a continuum between simple and complex societies; described simple pre-modern societies as held together by mechanical solidarity?
Emile Durkheim
DAILY DOUBLE
Question: What are the customs and desirable behaviors that aren't enforced but expected?
Postindustrial societies rely on atomic, wind, thermal, and solar energy, along with new uses of ______ ________.
Computer automation
What is the process by which immigrants have multinational social relations that link together their original societies with their new locations?
Transnationalism
In the movie “A Bronx Tale,” Calogero’s favorite baseball player was who?
Mickey Mantle