EXAM 1 Flashcards
Which theory would be interested in a person’s occupation?
Status characteristics theory
This type of society has the highest division of labor:
Industrial / information/ service
What are the 2 general ideas (types of things) lead to social disorganization?
1) physical disorganization
2) normative disorganization
What is Blau space?
Multidimensional socio- demographic area
This term refers to the relationship between physiological changes in the body and the internalization of norms:
Sociosomatic
Which theory would be interested in a person’s facial expressions?
Expectation States theory
What are norms?
Shared, established rules or standards of conduct
How does graffiti, decaying, and abandoned buildings / homes contribute to social disorganization?
It signals that it is acceptable since it is allowed to happen
Which form of control is this an example; a student telling another to be quiet?
Informal social control
Which form of control is this an example; you shaking your fist at a person who illegally cuts you off?
Informal social control
In Blau space are people moving or staying still?
Moving
Which theory would be interested in the style of a person’s speech?
Expectation States theory
The term homophile is similar in meaning to what common phrase?
Birds of a feather flock together
Social disorganization theory sees deviance as a—— response, of—– people, under—— social conditions.
Normal, normal, abnormal
Stratification refers to:
Structured social inequality
What helps us to understand the stratification of people within a group?
Expectations of competence
What 3 terms describe how that expectations of competence influence us?
Opportunities, evaluations, decisions
This type of society can stay in the same area indefinitely?
Industrial/ information/ service
Status characteristics theory focuses on this aspect of other people when trying to understand stratification:
Traits
Expectation States theory focuses on this aspect of other people when trying to understand stratification:
Behavior
Which theory would be interested in a person’s gender?
Status characteristics theory
What phrase do sociologists use to describe the process by which norms get created?
What is becomes what ought to be
This type of society uses the highest level of Human Resources for survival:
Hunter gatherer
Which form of control is this an example; a person faces bad after hurting someone’s feelings?
Internal social control
Which theory would be interested in a person’s body language?
Expectation states theory
This type of society could stay in the area as long as the soil would produce:
Horticultural/ agricultural
Which theory would be interested in a person’s race?
Status characteristics theory
True or false: The greater the distance between two people in Blau space the more likely they will know the same things:
False
Which form of control is this an example: a teacher telling a student to be quiet?
Formal social control
What was the primary research method used by the teacher that did the “ eye color exercise” in her classroom?
Quasi experiment
Which theory would be interested in a person’s age?
Status characteristics theory
This type of society used the land and resources as naturally provided?
Hunter gatherer
True or false: The greater the distance between two people in Blau space the less likely those people will come into contact?
True
This type of society uses the lowest level of Human Resources for survival:
Industrial/ information/ service
As societies have evolved culture has become —-
More fragmented
How is culture shared?
By social structure
This concept explains social structure to people?
Culture
What does the term homophile refer?
Tendency of people to hangout with people similar to them.
If two people are distant in Blau space it means —–
They are different from one another
How do social disorganization theorists understand areas of town that have problems year after year?
The location became social disorganized
When people violate norms it causes physiological changes that helps to do what?
Influence and guide behavior
This type of society was the first to increase the nutritional density of an area where they lived?
Horticultural/ agricultural
Which theory would be interested in a person’s vocal inflections?
Expectations States theory
What term is used to describe the “ clumping” of cultural ideas In Blau space?
Niche
