Who is It?
I am the German sociologist who observed the working class and divided society between the haves and have nots to create the Conflict theory. Who am I?
Karl Marx
Narcissism can be defined as?
Extreme Self-centeredness
Name the 4 social norms.
Folkways
Mores
Laws
Taboo
Identify the Status in the following sentence:
Because I am a sister, I have to babysit.
Sister
Identify the three types of societies.
Pre-Industrial
Industrial
Post-industrial
I built on the theories of Charles Darwin to create Social Darwinism. Who am I?
Herbert Spencer
Name 3 of the Traditional American Values.
Personal Achievement
Individualism
Work
Morality and Humanitarianism
Efficiency and Practicality
Progress and Material Comfort
Equality and Democracy
Freedom
What is the difference in monotheistic religions and polytheistic religions?
Monotheistic= Worships 1 God
Polytheistic= Worships more than 1 god
Provide an example of an ascribed status and an achieved status.
Ascribed- Being born with blue eyes
Achieved- Making the basketball team
Define Role Conflict.
When fulfilling the role of one status makes it hard to fulfill the expectations of another.
This is the ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives. What is it?
Sociological Imagination
Provide an example of Internalization.
Giving your seat to the elderly.
Stopping at a stop sign even when no one is around.
When a norm becomes a part a person's personality and conditioning that person to conform to society's expectation.
Provide an example of Cultural Diffusion.
Starbucks in Brazil
Mcdonald's in China
Name the 5 common social institutions.
Family
Economy
Government
Education
Religion
Provide an example of Role Strain.
As a student I have the roles of doing well while also not making my peers look bad.
Explain the difference in Microsociology and Macrosociology.
Micro- individual scale/ day to day interactions
Macro- society a a whole/long-term effects
Rewards and punishments used to enforce conforming/sticking to the norms
Sanctions
Which of the social norms relates to morals.
Mores
Provide examples for 2 of the 6 social interactions
Exchange
reciprocity
Conflict
Competition
Cooperation-
Accommodation- Compromise
What is urbanization?
Movement of the population to cities.
Name and Explain 2 of the 3 Perspectives.
Conflict Perspective- Focuses on inequality and distribution of power/wealth. Society is made up of conflicting interest groups.
Functionalist Perspective- Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole.
Symbolic/Interactionalist Perspective- Focuses on the interactions of individuals within society. Individuals give things the meaning they have.
Getting a pay raise at work would be considered what type of sanction?
Positive Formal
Compare ethnocentrism and xenophobia.
Ethnocentrism is when you view your culture as superior to other cultures while Xenophobia is when you view foreigners as a threat (leads to hatred/rejection of groups of people).
Name the 4 things that transform a society.
Taming of animals
Trade with other societies
Farming technology
Mass production
Name all 6 types of social interactions
•Exchange
•Reciprocity
•Competition
•Conflict
•Cooperation
•Accommodation