Foundations of Sociology
Study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions, from small and personal groups to very large groups
Sociology
shared beliefs, values, and practices
the process through which people are taught to be proficient members of a society.
Socialization
a violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law
Deviance
The infinity stone that gave the Maximoff twins their powers
Reality Stone
The function of any recurrent activity is the contribution it makes to social stability and continuity
Structural Functionalism
the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, and not in comparison to another culture
Cultural relativism
any collection of at least two people who interact with some frequency and who share some sense of aligned identity
Group
to maintain social order, an arrangement of practices and behaviors on which society’s members base their daily lives
Social control
The type of radiation that gave the Hulk his powers
Gamma
philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline
Paradigm
the practice of evaluating another culture according to the standards of one’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
a leader who encourages group participation and consensus-building before moving into action
Democratic Leader
Merton defined five ways people respond to this gap between having a socially accepted goal and having no socially accepted way to pursue it
Strain Theory
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looks at society as a competition for limited resources.
Conflict Theory
the visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured
Norms
the extent to which an individual complies with group norms or expectations
Conformity
What is considered deviant is determined by the reactions of others
Labeling Theory
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The Collector
micro-level theory that focuses on how people make sense of their social worlds through communication
Symbolic Interactionism
our reflection of how we think we appear to others
The Looking Glass Self
a two-member group
Dyad
crime committed by average people against other people or organizations, usually in public spaces
Street Crime
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