chapter 4

Question 1

achieved status

Answer 1

The status a person chooses, such as level of education or income

Question 2

agricultural societies

Answer 2

societies that rely on farming as a way of life

Question 3

alienation

Answer 3

an individuals isolation from his society, his work, and his sense of self

Question 4

anomie

Answer 4

A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness

lack of social norms

Question 5

ascribed status

Answer 5

The status outside of an individuals control, such as sex or race

Question 6

bourgeoisie

Answer 6

The owners of the means of production in a society

Question 7

capitalism

Answer 7

A way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make, and transport products are owned by individual people and companies rather than the government

Question 8

class consciousness

Answer 8

The awareness of one’s rank in society

Question 9

collective conscience

Answer 9

The communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society

Question 10

false conscientiousness

Answer 10

A condition in which the beliefs, ideals, or ideology of a person are not in the persons own best interest

Question 11

feudal societies

Answer 11

societies that operate on a strict hierarchal system of power-based around land ownership and protection

Question 12

habitualization

Answer 12

The idea that society is constructed by us, and those before us, and is followed like a habit

Question 13

horticulture societies

Answer 13

Society spaced around the cultivation of plants

Question 14

hunter gatherer societies

Answer 14

societies that depend on hunting wild animals and gathering uncultivated plants for survival

Question 15

industrial societies

Answer 15

societies characterized by our reliance on mechanized labor to create material goods

Question 16

information societies

Answer 16

Society based on the production of non-material goods and services

Question 17

institutionalization

Answer 17

The active implanting a convention or norm into society

Question 18

iron cage

Answer 18

A situation in which an individual is trapped by social institutions

Question 19

looking glass self

Answer 19

our reflection of how we think we appear to others

Question 20

mechanical solidarity

Answer 20

A type of social order maintained by the collective consciousness of a culture

Question 21

Organic solidarity

Answer 21

A type of social order based around an acceptance of economic and social differences

Question 22

pastoral societies

Answer 22

Society based around the domestication of animals

Question 23

proletariat

Answer 23

The laborers in a society
The opposite of the bourgeoisie

Question 24

Rationalization

Answer 24

belief that modern society should be built around logic and efficiency rather than morality or tradition

Question 25

role conflict

Answer 25

The situation when one or more of an individuals rules clash

Question 26

role performance

Answer 26

The expression of a role

Question 27

Role strain

Answer 27

Stress that occurs when too much is required of a single role

Question 28

role set

Answer 28

And a rate of rules attached to a particular status

Question 29

roles

Answer 29

patterns of behavior that are representative of a persons social status

Question 30

Self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 30

an idea that becomes true when acted upon

Question 31

Social integration

Answer 31

How strongly a person is connected to his or her social group

Question 32

Society

Answer 32

A group of people who live in a definable community and share the same cultural components

Question 33

status

Answer 33

The responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences according to his or her rank and role in society

Question 34

thomas theorem

Answer 34

how a subjective reality can drive events to develop in accordance with that reality, despite being originally unsupported by objective reality

ex: a kid is told they are an overachiever, so they overachieve

Question 35

sociocultural evolution

Answer 35

Gerhard Lenski
changes that occur as a society acquires new technology

Question 36

karl marx thinks a society’s structure depends on its

Answer 36

economy

Question 37

presentation of self

Answer 37

the way humans attempt to create specific impressions of our selfs to others

Question 38

total institutions

Answer 38

environments where the reality of the institution affects the reality of the individual