Unit 1
Who founded Sociology
Auguste Comte
Personality refers to what about a person?
The total traits they have
Race is primarily based on what factor(s)?
Why do we focus on nuclear families in society?
They are traditional families
This perspective focuses on competition and inequality.
Conflict
When is an ascribed status given?
At birth
List 2 forms of socialization
Acceptable answers:
Family, School, peers, or mass media
Social Mobility occurs when you see someone from one class do what?
Move to a different class in society
The digital divide refers to what?
The difference in ability to access technology
What perspective sees stratification as a result of inequalities in society?
Conflict
Judging culture by your own cultural standards refers to what term?
Ethnocentrism
Gerontology is the study of what?
Aging
The act of keeping people unequal is also known as what?
Discrimination
Fundamentalism is the fundamental belief in what topic?
Religion
What perspective focuses on daily interactions?
Interactionists
What is it called when two roles in a society start to clash?
role conflict
What do Nature and Nurture refer to in sociology?
Nurture: A person's personality is shaped by their environment
When someone makes a generalization about you or a group of people, what are they exhibiting?
Predjudice
Credentialism is the practice of jobs selecting someone based on what?
The more education they have.
This perspective sees stratification as necessary for society.
Functionalists
Diffusion occurs when people do what?
Spread out
Whose work refers to people being born as a blank slate that can change based on their development?
John Locke's
Bonus: Tabula Rasa
What does SES stand for, and what does it not include?
Socioeconomic Status
Race
The narcotizing effects are the effects of when someone is overexposed to mass media, making them more prone to do what?
Nothing/inaction
Conflict Theory is mostly associated with this man.
Karl Marx