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All the world's a front/back stage
theoretically speaking...
me, myself,
and i
let's socialize
100

The symbols, language, beliefs, values, norms, rituals, and artifacts that are part of a society.

What is culture? 

100

This stage is where we engage in behaviors based on our knowledge that others are watching.

What is "front stage"?
100

The ability to appreciate the structural basis for individual problems 

What is The Sociological Imagination?

100

The specific way capitalists make money, by selling things workers produce.

What is profit?

100

The family, peer groups, and schools are all examples of the type of institution we learn our culture through.

What are 'agents of socialization'?

200

The standards and expectations for behaving in a given culture; both formal (mores, laws) and informal (folkways, customs). 

What are norms? 

200

A process by which people attempt to influence the perception of others by regulating and controlling information in social interaction.

What is impression management? 

200

This theory emphasizes the importance of social institutions for social stability. 

What is functionalism?

200

This belief system privileges the individual over the group, espousing a worldview where autonomy, independence, and self-reliance are highly valued and thought to be natural.

What is individualism?

200

Places like the military, where people are 're-socialized' and face strict rules of behavior. 

What are 'total institutions'?

300

Established procedures and ceremonies that mark transition the life course, like graduation.

What are rituals? 

300

This is the stage where we relax, let our guard down, and can be our "true" selves.

What is the "back stage"?

300

This theory believes society is unequal and that far-reaching social change is needed.

What is conflict theory?

300

This type of freedom begins with the assumption that human action is inherently social, and real freedom requires more than the removal of barriers. 

What is positive (freedom)?

300
The unspoken, unofficial, often unintended messages, values, and expectations that students learn in school. 

What is the hidden curriculum?

400

A person’s social assets that help them ‘climb the ladder’ in society; a combination of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that demonstrate status.

What is cultural capital? 

400

The patterned arrangements which influence the choices and opportunities available to people.

What is structure?

400

This theory emphasizes the social meanings and understanding that individuals derive from their social interactions.

What is symbolic interactionism? 

400

People who believe this myth think we all have a level playing field, and that every individual can 'lift themselves up by their boot straps.'

What is the myth of meritocracy? 

400

Cooley's theory says that we see ourselves as if we are looking in a mirror when we interact with others (and act accordingly).

What is the looking-glass self? 

500
As a tangible object, the American flag is this type of symbol. 

What is "material"? 

500

The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own choices. 

What is agency?
500

The belief that several important human behaviors and emotions (competitions, aggression, altruism) stem from our biological makeup. 

What is Sociobiology? 

500

The economic system that sociologists see as corresponding historically with the belief system we call individualism.

What is capitalism?

500
The creative, spontaneous part of the self in the Mead's theory on 'taking the role of the other.'

What is the I?