Intro to Sociology
the ability to see the relationship between one's individual life and the effects of larger social forces
What is the sociological imagination?
the practice of judging a culture by its own standards
two traits studied in the nature versus nurture debate
What is heredity and environment?
status that plays the greatest part in shaping a person's life
What is master status?
the likelihood that individuals have of sharing in the opportunities and benefits of sciety
What are life chances?
data that deals with numbers
What is quantitative data?
disorientation people feel when they encounter a culture radically different from their own
What is culture shock?
most important agent of socialization
What is the family?
process of detaching from a role that has been an instrumental part of a person's identity
What is role exit?
living on less than 2.15 a day
What is extreme poverty?
the variable that causes the change
What is the independent variable?
the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others
What is cultural lag?
His experiments showed the important of socialization & contact comfort with rhesus monkeys
Who is Harlow?
This experiment showed how quickly individuals slip into roles and that a bad situation can override personal morals
What is the Stanford Prison experiment?
domestic work that women perform after their regular workday
What is second shift?
research that actually measures what it is intended to measure is this
What is valid?
when culture becomes more and more alike
What is cultural leveling?
theory that states we base our sense of self on how we interpret others' perceptions of us
What is the looking glass self theory?
this concept explains that you may be more likely to get help in an emergency situation if there are fewer around
What is the Bystander Effect?
treating people as things
What is objectification?
theoretical perspective that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change
What is social conflict theory?
the practice of judging another culture by one's own culture
What is ethnocentrism?
this theory states we present different sides of ourselves in different situations just as if we are actors on a stage
What is dramaturgy or impression management?
This experiment showed that people tend to obey reputable authority figures even to the poing of harming another person
What is the Milgram Shock Experiment?
this concept explains that it is difficult for women to bust through to the top positions in certain careers like politics or law
What is the glass ceiling?