The idea that our culture is central and superior to all others
What is ethnocentrism?
100
This term refers to when social norms are weak or conflicting and can lead to further deviance
What is anomie?
100
This guy created a prison simulation to study the effects of status over role performance
Who is Philip Zimbardo?
100
This is a closed class system that existed in India for many centuries
What is the Caste System?
200
Developed the idea of Versheten
Who is Max Weber?
200
a morally but socially significant norm the transgression of spurs no real condemnation
What is a folkway?
200
When two people commit an act of deviance, but only one of them is considered deviant
What is Labeling Theory?
200
Iowa elementary school teacher who devised a classroom exercise to teach about discrimination
Who is Jane Elliot?
200
two classes of society as described by Marx
What are the proletariat and bourgeoisie?
300
His study Le Suicide was one of the first and most influential works in the field of sociology
Who is Emile Durkheim?
300
The ability to climb the social ladder and advance to a higher social class
What is upward mobility?
300
This sociologist sought to typify different kinds of deviance as response to strain in society
Who is Robert Merton?
300
He was a social psychologist who wanted to study the impact of status over influence the obedient behaviour of others
Who is Stanley Milgram?
300
when one cultural group takes on the norms, values, beliefs and culture of another group
What is assimilation?
400
Sociologists that defined functional prerequisites that social institutions help fulfill
Who are Mack & Bradford?
400
negative characteristics associated with a particular circumstance or status
What is stigma?
400
This sociologist looked at deviance from a conflict theory point of view and argued that deviance is determined by those in positions of power in an industrialized society as any behaviour that threatens their power
Who is Steven Spitzer?
400
This guy wanted to study to the effects of isolation on socialization
Who is Harry Harlow?
500
Early sociologist that studied the plight of women in society, comparing them to African slaves in the USA
Who is Harriet Martineau?
500
A loosely connected group of social actors
What is a social network?
500
This theory on deviance largely focuses on aspects of socialization
What is Differential Association Theory?
500
when attempting to answer questions, Sociology, being a social science, uses a particular set of techniques and procedure known as this