Experiments
A preconceived opinion that can influence your beliefs or interpretation of information
Bias
Treating a person with excessive affection and attention to gain power over them is called what?
The theory stating that inequality causes tension between societal goals and the means to achieve them is called
Strain Theory
Why did Marshall Applewhite lead the Heaven's Gate members to commit suicide?
Name one cause of resocialization
Aging, getting a new job, moving, etc.
Matching your attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms (AKA doing what everyone else does)
Conformity
Formal and informal mechanisms used to elicit conformity and promote social cohesion.
Social Control
This occurs when someone violates a norm in a way that causes a negative reaction
Deviance
Charles Manson predicted an upcoming race war based on a Beatles song. Which song was it?
Helter Skelter
A cult leader believing they are more intelligent than everyone else is a specific example of which trait?
A sense of grandeur
The group of participants that does not receive treatment and serves as a comparison
Control Group
What do you call the process of replacing previously learned norms and values with new ones during a life transition
Resocialization
Accepting a societal goal but rejecting the accepted means of achieving it
Innovation
Under the leadership of Jim Jones, around 900 people in Jonestown committed suicide. What was the name of Jone's cult?
The People's Temple
An isolated environment where a group of people eat, sleep, spend their days is called a...
Total Institution
The variable that the experimenter has control over
Independent Variable
Prison, concentration camp, cult, boarding school, summer camp, nursing home, etc.
Katie is saving up to buy a collection of Needoh's because everyone at school has them, but she's so busy with theater that she doesn't have the time to work. She instead decides to rob a bank to fund her collection. This example says that Katie is what, according to the strain theory?
An innovator
At Synanon, a huge norm was playing The Game. What was The Game?
Everyone would form a circle and take turns criticizing one another
What is groupthink?
The tendency in groups to demand a high degree of conformity
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
Qualitative = Quality descriptions
Quantitative = Numbers
List the 5 main characteristics of cult leaders
Charismatic, Demands loyalty, manipulative, focused on finances, sense of grandeur
Rejecting both the societal goals and the accepted means
Retreatism
This of the cults we have discussed in class. Please name 4 Cults AND their leader
Answers may include:
Heaven's Gate/Marshall White
Scientology/L Ron. Hubbard
The People's Temple/ Jim Jones
The Family/ Anne Hamilton Byrne
The Manson Family/ Charles Manson
How does social control in daily life differ from social control under a cult leader?
In daily life, you are still able to make your own choices