Day 1 Review
Language, beliefs, values, norms, behavior, material objects, and technology that are passed from one generation to the next by members of society describe ________.
What is culture?
Violations of norms and rules that are written into law are officially called
What are crimes?
Based on the changes from the original Marxist orientation of conflict sociologists, there are now this many distinct social classes exist.
What are four?
An attitude or prejudging usually in a negative way.
What is prejudice?
A legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.
What is a marriage?
Roles are remarkably effective at __________.
What is keeping people in line?
This amendment protects the American people from cruel and unusual punishment?
What is the 8th Amendment?
The estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.
What is the poverty line?
An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
What is discrimination?
a household consisting of a father, a mother and their children all in one household dwelling.
What is a nuclear family?
According to Piaget, when children are capable of abstract thinking, they have reached the level of development called the __________.
What is the formal operational stage?
A police officer is most likely to make an arrest after this event.
What is when a serious crime has been committed?
_______ are the most likely segment of the population in the United States to experience poverty today.
Who are children?
A categorization of humans based on shared physical qualities into groups.
What is race?
The type of family that you are born into?
What is a family of orientation?
The process by which we develop a sense of self, referred to as the "looking-glass self," was developed by ________.
Who is Charles Cooley?
Forcible rape, murder, and aggravated assault would all be considered this type of crime.
What is violent crime?
The belief that through hard work, anyone can become successful.
What is the Horatio Alger Myth?
The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
What is culture?
What is the Sandwich Generation?
McDonald's sells Quarter Pounders in Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, and practically every other major city in the world. Mickey Mouse and Fred Flintstone are among the most popular cartoon figures in Mexico. These are examples of this concept.
What is cultural leveling?
The theory that suggests that people who commit deviant acts have weak ties to the community.
What is control theory?
In society, this group has the greatest power, privileges, and social status.
Who are the power elite?
A group with power, privileges, and social status.
What is a dominant group?
The arrangement between two individuals who live together, either as spouses or unmarried partners.
What is cohabitation?