Module 6

Question 1

__________- — a term referring to the process by which individual is oriented and taught by his or her society’s norms.

Answer 1

Socialization

Question 2

• the differentiation from the general social template

Answer 2

Individuation

Question 3

• consist of the roles and statuses that an individual learns as a child (sex, age, ethnicity)

Answer 3

Primary

Question 4

• when a child encultured and socialized with his/her society, he/she will participate in the construction of his/her secondary identity (occupation, education background)

Answer 4

Secondary

Question 5

___________ promotes the argument that individuals learn a repertoire of social roles from the society.

Answer 5

Role Learning Theory

Question 6

_________ promotes the idea that individuals construct their own notion of the self through social interactions performed within a society

Answer 6

Theory on Symbolic Interactionism

Question 7

___________ - refers to all those ideas held in a society that are considered good, acceptable, and right.

It informs the types of aspirations that members of
society aspire for, and these labelled as social goals.

Answer 7

Cultural values

Question 8

___________ - when use/employed in relation to
values and goals sometimes the source of conflict within a society.

Answer 8

Conflict theory

Question 9

__________ - argues that values exist to create unity and harmony within structure and fulfil the needs of the individuals.

Answer 9

Functionalism theory

Question 10

4 Categories of Norms

Answer 10

• Folkways
• Mores
• Taboos
• Laws

Question 11

• these are socially approved behaviors that have no moral underpinning

Answer 11

Folkways

Question 12

• are the norms related to moral conventions

Answer 12

Mores

Question 13

• behaviors that are absolutely forbidden in a specific culture

Answer 13

Taboos

Question 14

• enacted by the states

Answer 14

Laws

Question 15

________- - is an individual’s position in his or her society, which carries with it a set of defied rights and obligations. (status as student
comes with obligati ns and rights, which are defined as your roles)

Answer 15

Status

Question 16

__________ - the sets of expectation from people who occupy a particular
status.

Answer 16

Roles

Question 17

___________- - the behavior of an individua within a social
space in accordance to his or her status.

Answer 17

Role Performance

Question 18

__________ - when a status has multiple roles attached to it. This multiplicity of roles within a given status.

Answer 18

Role Set

Question 19

_________ the process of discontinuing with a role

Answer 19

Role Exit

Question 20

_________ - is the act of following the roles and goals of one’s society. This behavior is often met with rewards and acceptance from
of her members of the society.

Answer 20

Conformity

Question 21

_________- - is the act of violating the prescribed social norms.

Answer 21

Deviance

Question 21

_____ - is a strong sense of disapproval on nonconforming
behavior from members of a society.

Answer 21

Stigma

Question 22

• deviance is primarily caused by a lack in stronger social bonds within a society

Answer 22

Social Control Theory

Question 23

• the individual’s decision to follow or to go against social norms is dependent on their perceived cost and benefit of such action

Answer 23

Rational Choice Theory

Question 24

• conformity or deviance is learned by an individual from those he or she associates with

Answer 24

Differential Association Theory

Question 25

• actions are initially not considered deviant until they are labelled as such by members of the community

Answer 25

Labelling Theory

Question 26

• consists of opposing groups of people who access to power is unequal

Answer 26

Conflict Theory

Question 27

• this theory proposes two perspectives in the formation of deviant behavior

Answer 27

Structural-functionalist Theory

Question 28

• deviance is a product of the breakdown of social norms which produces anomie or social disorganization

Answer 28

Macro Level

Question 29

• deviance is the product of a role strain that an individual experiences due to lack of resources to cope with the demands of the social norms

Answer 29

Microlevel

Question 30

________ - consist
of the values that are
important for the
society.

Answer 30

Cultural goals

Question 31

___________ - are
the processes that have
been established through
social structures such as
the government, school,
church, and even family.

Answer 31

Institutional means

Question 32

_______– - individuals who accept their society’s cultural goals and that of the
processes to accomplish.

Answer 32

Conformists

Question 33

________- - individuals who accept their society’s cultural goals but not the
process and use alternative goals.

Answer 33

Innovators

Question 34

________- - individuals who reject the goal but accept the process, perform the
social norms without subscribing to the social goals that such lead to.

Answer 34

Ritualism

Question 35

___________ - those who reject both the goals and the approach, which would
redefine the goals and process in a society in the form of rebellion.

Answer 35

Retreatism