Unit 1
What are related disciplines that study various aspects of human social behavior?
social sciences
Murders in America are most commonly committed with what weapon?
handguns
The stage of life between childhood and adulthood
adolescence
Category of people who share inherited physical traits and group together by others
Race
What is the most common type of social institution?
family
Social science that studies human society and social behavior
Sociology
Any substance that causes a temporary physiological change to the body when taken
Drug
The prison suit inmates have to wear is an example of a?
stigma
People who share the same cultural background and a common sense of identity
Ethnicity
This act typically starts the family?
marriage
Group of mutually interdependent people who share common cultures and have a feeling of unity form a?
society
Someone who studies crime and criminals is called a
criminologist
The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society
socialization
An unsupported generalization about a group of people
Prejudice
Type of marriage where one man marries one woman
monogamy
Who is the "Father" of sociology?
August Comte
Repeated criminal behavior is known as
recidivism
behavior that violates significant social norms
deviance
Group of people who because of their cultural practices or physical characteristics are singled out and unequally treated
Minority group
When one man marries multiple wives
Polygamy
The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards
cultural relativism
Ability to see the connection between the larger world and our own personal lives
sociological imagination
When we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others
Looking-glass self
The denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership
discrimination
In what societies is Polygamy most common?
Poor, rural farming societies who need children to help with the manual labor