Theoretical prespectives
This theory focuses on stability and how parts of society work together.
What is Functionalism?
Rules for behavior in society.
What are Norms?
The process of learning society’s rules.
What is Socialization?
Your position in society.
What is status?
Behavior that violates social norms.
What is deviance?
This theory asks, "Who has power?"
What is Conflict Theory?
Beliefs about what is important in a society.
What are Values?
The most important early agent of socialization.
What is Family?
Expected behavior attached to a status.
What is role?
This theory says deviance happens because of blocked goals.
What is strain theory?
This perspective focuses on small interactions and meanings.
What is symbolic Interactionism?
Physical objects like phones, clothes, and cars
What is Material Culture?
An agent of socialization that spreads cultural messages widely.
What is media?
Being both a student and an employee is an example of this.
What is multiple statuses?
This theory says deviance is learned from others.
What is Differential Association Theory?
This perspective would explain inequality in terms of competition for resources.
What is Conflict Theory?
Rewards or punishments for behavior.
What are Sanctions?
Peers influence behavior, especially during this life stage.
What is adolescence?
Conflict between two statuses.
What is role conflict?
This theory says weak bonds to society increase deviance.
What is Social Bond Theory?
This perspective studies how labels influence behavior in everyday life.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
The difference between material and nonmaterial culture.
What is:
Material culture=physical objects
Nonmaterial culture= beliefs, ideas, language?
How socialization shapes identity.
What is: socialization shapes identity, behavior, and beliefs?
The organized pattern of relationships in society.
What is social structure?
This theory says laws benefit the powerful and punish the poor more harshly.
What is critical theory?