Socialization
Religion
Education
Culture
Social Groups
100

What is socialization?

The lifelong process of learning norms, roles, and values.

100

According to Durkheim, religion divides the world into which two categories?

Sacred and profane.

100

What is a Charter School?

Independent for-profit or non-profit schools with fewer regulations than public schools.

100

What is culture?

Socially transmitted knowledge, values, behavior, and objects.

100

What are the two group sizes and how many people do they usually include?

Dyad (2 people), Triad (3 people)

200

Name two primary agents of socialization.

Family, peers, school, media, religion, workplace, government

200

Which perspective sees religion as uniting people through shared values?

Functionalist perspective.

200

What is the hidden curriculum?

Social norms and values taught in school that are not part of the official lesson plan.

200

What is the difference between material and non-material culture?

Material = objects

Non-material = values, beliefs, language, norms.

200

What is emotional leadership?

A leader who helps group by being emotionally supportive.

300

What is the difference between individualistic and collectivist societies?

Individualistic = personal goals (U.S.), Collectivist = group goals (Asia).

300

Who said religion is the opium of the masses?

Karl marx

300

What is anticipatory socialization in education?

Training students for future roles.

300

What is ethnocentrism?

Judging another culture by your own

300

What is groupthink?

When groups avoid conflict and agree without evaluation.

400

What is the generalized other?

An internalized sense of society’s norms and expectations.

400

What is secularism?

The idea that government should exist separately from religion.

400

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective


Schools teach meanings and values

400

What is Cultural Imperialism

When one group’s way of life overtakes another group’s way of life.

400

What is the difference between role strain and role conflict?

Role strain- incompatible role demands develop within a single status.

Role conflict- incompatible role demands develop because of multiple statuses.

500

What is resocialization? Give one example.

Abandoning old roles for new ones (military, prison, sororities, fraternities).

500

Which perspective says religion keeps people passive and obedient?

Conflict perspective.

500

Which perspective sees education as providing skills for society?

Functionalist perspective.

500

Which perspective says whichever group has power gets to decide what cultural direction society takes. 

Conflict Theory

500

What does social interaction consist of? Name at least 3

A play with actors, audience, front stage, costumes, props, and backstage