Final

Question 1

Conformity

Answer 1

complying with rules/ laws

Question 2

social structure

Answer 2

patterned social arrangements within a society `

Question 3

social darwinism

Answer 3

belif that people in society compete for survival and become superior

Question 4

norms

Answer 4

informal guideline to what is considered normal

Question 5

subculture

Answer 5

cultural values and behavioral patterns of a particular group in society

Question 6

taboo

Answer 6

restricted by social customs

Question 7

drive

Answer 7

impulse to reduce discomfort

Question 8

symbolic interactionism

Answer 8

individiuals and societies that develop through symbols

Question 9

conflict perspective

Answer 9

emphazies conflict, compitition and change that exists in a society

Question 10

functionalism

Answer 10

emphazies the role we all play in society

Question 11

positivism

Answer 11

study of a society that relies only on evidence `

Question 12

causation

Answer 12

belif that an event occurs as a result of several factors working together

Question 13

correlation

Answer 13

relationship in where 2 or more variables change together

Question 14

Value

Answer 14

shared belief about what is right or wrong

Question 15

insticnt

Answer 15

unlearned patterns of behavior

Question 16

organic solidarity

Answer 16

happens when people live in a society with a diverse division of labor forcing us to rely on one an other

Question 17

mechanical solidarity

Answer 17

community bonding in society where everyone shares the same belifs and values

Question 18

generalized others

Answer 18

additudes and values of a society that child takes into account

Question 19

primary group

Answer 19

close interaction, emotional support

Question 20

secondary group

Answer 20

help acchive goals, teammates

Question 21

social aggregate

Answer 21

happens when people gather at the same place at the same time

Question 22

social group

Answer 22

group of collection of people that interact with eachother and share similar charesteriscts

Question 23

bureaucracy

Answer 23

formal organization

Question 24

instutonalized discriminisation

Answer 24

discrimination to different groups

Question 25

control theory

Answer 25

explains how religion, economics, and family education can affect the choices and action of the individual

Question 26

labeling theory

Answer 26

assumes that public labeling has adverse consequences for further social participation and self image

Question 27

differential association

Answer 27

how we see things, our additude and values

Question 28

agents of socialization

Answer 28

persons, groups or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society

Question 29

hidden curriculum

Answer 29

lessons that you will learn outside of school

Question 30

population

Answer 30

group of individuals living in the same area

Question 31

ascribed status

Answer 31

conferred on our backround

(sex, ethnicity) `

Question 32

achived status

Answer 32

occupied as a result of ones individual action

occupation

Question 33

cultural transmission

Answer 33

way of passing or learning knowledge and values from person to person

Question 34

diffusion

Answer 34

process of one cultural trait being passed from one society to another

Question 35

prejudice

Answer 35

negative aditudde surrounding certain groups

Question 36

socialization

Answer 36

learning how to act in a society

Question 37

social structure

Answer 37

how a society is organized

Question 38

coercion

Answer 38

using force to cause something to occur

Question 39

horticultural society

Answer 39

farming using simple hand tools to raise crops

Question 40

meritocracy

Answer 40

where all are given an equal oppurtunity to achive reward through their own ability

Question 41

intergenerational mobility

Answer 41

movement from one social class to another 
(mother to daughter)

Question 42

counter culture

Answer 42

a way of life opposing the social norm