Unit 1A
This is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behaviour, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.
What is Culture?
This theory emphasizes the role of coercion and power in producing social order.
What is Conflict?
This theory interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society.
What is Functionalism?
This is based on the premise that some behaviors are inherited and can be affected by natural selection.
What is Sociobiology?
________ means judging
something before you have enough information about it.
What is Prejudice?
There are _______ aspects of culture.
What is 12?
This theory is a type of social theory oriented toward critiquing and changing society as a whole, in contrast to traditional theory oriented only to understanding or explaining it.
What is Critical?
This theory was pioneered by sociologist George Homas.
What is Rational Choice?
This theory traces the origins of deviance to the tensions that are caused
by the gap between cultural goals and the means people have available to achieve those goals.
What is Structural Strain Theory?
________ is treating a person differently just because they are different or members of a certain group.
What is Discrimination?
Family expectations, Peer pressure, Religious expectations, Education and Training, Media and Popular Culture.
What are the 5 main Cultural Influences?
This is an anthropological school of thought that believes that technological and economical factors are the main influences on a culture.
What is Cultural Materialism?
This theory is a model that interprets society as a series of interactions that are based on estimates of rewards and punishments.
What is Social Exchange?
This theory analyzes society by addressing the subjective meanings that people impose on objects, events, and behaviors.
What is Symbolic Interaction?
This is an example of __________: A mobile manufacturing company developed a smartphone with advanced features incorporated in it. The brand successfully created the demand for it in the market, making customers excited. It led to more and more consumer spending.
What is Consumerism?
In the Movie: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", Toula's father use _______to heal any ailment.
What is Windex?
This theory is one of the major contemporary sociological theories, which analyzes the status of women and men in society with the purpose of using that knowledge to better women's lives.
What is Feminist?
This theory is a theory that attempts to explain socialization and its effect of the
development of the self.
What is Social Learning?
_______ is a Greek word meaning dispersion.
What is Diaspora?
These are some examples of ________:
“Fresh off the boat”
“Black athlete”
“Muslims are terrorists”
“Asians are smart”
What are Labels?
This is an anglophonic modification of “tatao” or “tatau”, a Polynesian word used in Tahiti meaning “to tap or mark something".
What is tattoo?
This theory was first used to describe and model how human populations behave.
What is Game?
This aims to reveal what role human awareness plays in the production of social action, social situations and social worlds.
What is Social phenomenology?
A _______ is a person or thing
seeming to conform to widely accepted
type, idea or attitude”
What is a Stereotype?
These are factors that can contribute to cultural change.
What are globalization, epidemics, education, mass media, change in climate?