Schools of Thought
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Socialization
Conformity
Prejudice
100

This sociological theory views society as a system of interrelated parts working together to promote stability and social order.

structural functionalism

100

This theory focuses on the meanings and symbols that individuals create and interpret in everyday social interactions.

symbolic interactionism

100

This sociologist is famous for studying social integration and its effect on suicide rates. 

Durkheim

100

This psychologist conducted a famous conformity experiment involving participants judging line lengths.

Solomon Asch

100

Jane Elliott conducted her experiment in response to this major historical event in 1968.

assassination of MLK

200

This theory views society as composed of groups competing for scarce resources, such as wealth and power.

Conflict theory

200

This theorist, often associated with Symbolic Interactionism, developed the concept of the looking glass 

Charles Cooley

200

Durkheim identified this state of normlessness as a contributing factor to social instability and suicide.

anomie

200

In the Asch experiment, participants conformed to the incorrect group answer due to this type of social influence.

normative influence

200

Approximately how many seconds does it take to make a judgment about someone?

38 miliseconds

300

Conflict Theory is closely associated with this thinker, who emphasized class struggle and the role of economic inequality in shaping society.

Karl Marx

300

this term refers to the process by which individuals learn to adopt the roles and expectations of their social environment.

Socialization

300

this term refers to the first stage of socialization, where individuals learn basic norms, values, and behaviors.

primary socialization

300

Approximately this percentage of participants conformed to the group's incorrect answer at least once in the Asch experiment.

over 70%

300

This social psychologist conducted a famous experiment on obedience to authority using electric shocks.

Stanley Milgram

400

This wave of feminism focused on legal rights like suffrage and property ownership.

First Wave of Feminism

400

Who coined the term Sociology 

Auguste Comte

400

Primary socialization typically occurs within this social institution, considered the most influential during early childhood.

Family

400

In the CNN Doll Experiment, children often associated positive traits with dolls of this skin color.

lighter skin

400

Unlike Milgram’s lab-based study, Hofling’s experiment took place in this real-world professional environment.

Hospital

500

This feminist believes that society is set up from the male standpoint

Dorothy Smith

500

Who has the title first sociologist

Emile Durkheim

500

Schools, workplaces, and peer groups are examples of these agents involved in secondary socialization.

secondary socialization

500

The findings of the Clark Doll Experiment were cited as evidence in this landmark Supreme Court case on school desegregation.

Brown vs. Board of Education

500

The space challenger is an example of this concept

Group think