Definitions
Define sociology
What is the study of societies, their interactions, structure and organization?
This theorist divided society into the bourgeois and proletarians.
Who is Karl Marx?
This method can be described as the “model” for all sociological research.
What is the scientific method?
As a child, I lived in the jungles of South America and when I came to America I was very disoriented and confused. This feeling is called what?
What is culture shock?
You are driving a car and you come across a stop sign. You slow down and roll to a stop because you know that if you don’t, you can get a ticket.
What is a law?
The concept that describes our daily life interactions and how they shape our understanding of the world around us.
What is symbolic interactionism?
Who is the theorist that applied the idea of structural functionalism to explain how societies change and survive over time?
Who is Emile Durkheim?
This research method relies on the observation and interviewing of people to draw conclusions about how they interact with their environment and others.
What is ethnography/ethnographic method?
To understand the influence that gender has on religion and work, what framework do you need to use?
What is intersectionality?
You are going in for your first interview at a job you really want. You are not given a dress code, however, you dress in a professional business suit, because you know it is the expected and acceptable etiquette. You also feel it is polite to do so.
What is a norm?
This term is used to describe the process by which poor families are pushed out of their neighborhoods due to a series of investments, displacing the original inhabitants.
What is gentrification?
This theorist created the definition of social stratification and defined it through these three components: class, status, and power.
This research method involves the researcher getting involved with a particular group, participating in either covert or overt observation methods.
What is participant observation?
Your friend tells you that over the weekend, they partook in a protest happening in the city. The shared action of your friend doing something with many other like-minded individuals is called what?
What is collective behavior?
You overheard some gossip about another classmate and want to share it with your friend. When you start talking, she looks at you uncomfortably, and says that maybe its not a good idea to talk about someone when you don’t know the full story.
What is a more?
This social status position is inherited by individuals, typically at birth.
What is ascribed social status?
This theorist conducted groundbreaking research on the topic of structural racism, specifically coining the term “double-consciousness”.
Who is W.E.B DeBois?
This research method employs codifying physical works (books, cards, photos, etc).
What is content analysis?
Everyday before class, middle school students sing the national anthem in a school-wide assembly. What is this kind of unwritten rule/expectation called?
What is a hidden curriculum?
You visit another country where tattoos are very frowned upon. You are surprised because in your country, they are very normal to see on people.
What is a taboo?
A group in whose values, norms, and beliefs place its members in opposition to the wider society.
This theorist developed the concept of cultural hegemony.
Who is Antonio Gramsci?
What is the review board that oversees research at various institutions to ensure that the methods proposed are ethical?
What is the IRB or Institutional Review Board?
You decide to perform a prank on a fellow classmate at school, and don’t get caught by the professor! You just exhibited what type of deviance?
What is primary deviance?
You are in a hurry to cross a street and decide not to walk the few extra steps to the crosswalk. People around you do the same, so you don’t think anything of it, but drivers are irritated at your behavior.
What is a law?