Intro To Sociology Test 1

Views society as the product of the symbols, language, and everyday interactions between individuals

Structured groups or contexts within which significant processes of socialization occur

The study of the larger world and our societies place in it

The systematic study of how human societies shape the lives of people who live in them

A method that is useful for gathering less detailed information from a larger group.

Rewards and punishments that can be given by most members of a group

Refers to the process of self development through which we formulate a unique sense of ourselves and our relationship to the world around us

The learning of gender roles begins at birth

Is the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that, together, form a people’s way of life

Is the economic system that is directed at earning a profit for a few, selling the profits to many people, and keeping workers wages low in order to increase profits

Social cohesion (unity) results from the various parts of society functioning as parts of society functioning as an integrated whole.

A theory that uses the concept of gender, class, and race to study and challenge power and inequality

The practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture

The dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns the way we view the world is socially constructed

Are the guidelines we claim to accept

Culturally defined standards by which people asses desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living

Relationship-focused cultures

Social Groups, Arts, and Government

Organizational culture

Material culture and Non-Material culture

Are formally defined and are enforced by designated people

Norms for routine or casual interaction. “Everyday behaviors.”

Specific statements that people hold to be true or false

Have great moral significance. “taboos"

Refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture

Is the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that, together, form a people’s way of life

Social cohesion (unity) results from the various parts of society functioning as parts of society functioning as an integrated whole.

Culturally defined standards by which people asses desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living

Participant observation, in-depth interviewing

Individual biography

Government statistics, newspapers, journals etc.

Comparing difference of a subject across social contexts

True

False

Identity is regarded as the result of modeling oneself in response to the expectations of others, not as a produc4 of the unconscious

Refers to the process of self development through which we formulate a unique sense of ourselves and our relationship to the world around us

Socially defined expectations that a person in a given social position will follow

A theory that uses the concept of gender, class, and race to study and challenge power and inequality

True

False

Refers to the particular experience of African Americans where in which they are forced to see themselves their status as citizens who are never able to escape identification based on the color of their skin

Is the ability to “think ourselves away” from the familiar routine in order to see things from a different, more sociological perspective

Says the organization of society (stratifications based on class, ethnicity, gender, age, etc.) and the changes in society can be explained by the conflicts inherent to social relations.

Is a theory that focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole. It sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to maintain stability and to promote solidarity.

A method that is useful for gathering less detailed information from a larger group.

Social cohesion (unity) results from the various parts of society functioning as parts of society functioning as an integrated whole.

Culturally defined standards by which people asses desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living

Rewards and punishments sanctions are how we get people to follow different norms

Is a theory that focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole. It sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to maintain stability and to promote solidarity.

Is the ability to “think ourselves away” from the familiar routine in order to see things from a different, more sociological perspective

Says the organization of society (stratifications based on class, ethnicity, gender, age, etc.) and the changes in society can be explained by the conflicts inherent to social relations.

: a theory that uses the concept of gender, class, and race to study and challenge power and inequality.

True

False

Government

Technology

Media

Organisation

Are actual behavior patterns

Are not guidelines which we claim to accept

Are the guidelines we claim to accept

Are not actual behavior patterns

Refers to the process of self development through which we formulate a unique sense of ourselves and our relationship to the world around us

Identity is regarded as the result of modeling oneself in response to the expectations of others, not as a produc4 of the unconscious

Socially defined expectations that a person in a given social position will follow

Involves instilling culture within the individual, enabling the person to survive effectively in his or her social world

True

False

True

False

Religion

Prohibition against incest

Family

Media

Is the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that, together, form a people’s way of life

The process by which one generation passes culture to the next

Is system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another

Specific statements that people hold to be true or false

Says the organization of society (stratifications based on class, ethnicity, gender, age, etc.) and the changes in society can be explained by the conflicts inherent to social relations.

Is the economic system that is directed at earning a profit for a few, selling the profits to many people, and keeping workers wages low in order to increase profits

Is a theory that focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole. It sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to maintain stability and to promote solidarity.

Refers to the particular experience of African Americans where in which they are forced to see themselves their status as citizens who are never able to escape identification based on the color of their skin

True

False

Society

Socialization

Sociology

Sanctions