Category 1
The scientific study of society and human behavior
What is Sociology?
Research, Objectivity, Bias, Values, and Verstehen
What are the 5 Sociological perspectives?
Expectations of right behavior
What are Norms?
A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
The Values and related behaviors of a group that distinguishes its members from the larger culture; a world within a world.
What is Subculture?
Socially constructed categories based on social traits
What is Ethnicity?
A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources.
What is Conflict theory?
The stages of our life as we go from birth to death.
What is the Life Course?
The Language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that characterize a group and are passed down from one generation to the next
What is Culture?
A group whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors place its members in opposition to the broader culture.
What is Counterculture?
A term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which our self develops through internalizing others' reactions to us.
What is the Looking Glass Self?
The feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes
What is Culture Shock?
Imitation, play “pretend”, and team games
What are the 3 stages of play?
Norms that are strictly enforced because they are thought essential to core values or the well-being of a group.
What are Mores?
A norm, so strong that it brings extreme sanctions, even disgust, if violated.
What are Taboos?
A person's ideal values and norms; the goals held out for them
What is Ideal Culture?
People or groups that affect our self concept, attitudes, behaviors, or social messages.
What are agents of socialization?
The use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors
What is Ethnocentrism?
Not judging a culture, but trying to understand it on its own terms.
What is Cultural Relativism?
Norms that are not strictly enforced
What are folkways?
A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that, when fulfilled, contributes to society's equilibrium.
What is Functionalism?
Values, norms, or other cultural traits that are found in every group.
What are Cultural Universals?
Understanding human behavior and placing it within its broader social context
What is the Sociological Perspective?
Anger, happiness, disgust, sadness, afraid, surprised
What are the 6 Universal human emotions?
The Norms and values that people actually follow
What is Real Culture?