Notes

Question 1

Microsociological perspective

Answer 1

Microsociology is one of the main points (or focuses) of sociology, concerning the nature of everyday human social interactions and agency on a small scale: face to face.

Question 2

Sociological Imagination

Answer 2

A form of self-consciousness that allows us to go beyond our immediate environment

Question 3

Social Institutions

Answer 3

Any set of persons cooperating together to organize stable patterns of human activity

Examples:
Marriage, government, education, sports, economy, war, etc

Question 4

Cohort

Answer 4

A group of similar age within a population that share a similar experience

Question 5

Social Class

Answer 5

Are category of people with similar experiences because of the wealth and income they receive

Question 6

Research Methods

Answer 6

Survey: ask people to answer questions.

Participant Observations: observes and studies people in there every day setting.

Interviewing: method of data collection in which the researcher asks someone a series of questions

Mixed Methods: combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.

Question 7

Mala In Se Crimes

Answer 7

Violations of our moral consciousness

Question 8

Mala Prohibita

Answer 8

Crimes that may or may not be viewed as evil

Question 9

Types Of Crimes

Answer 9

Violent
Property
Wage
Transnational

Question 10

Conflict Theory

Answer 10

The powerful exploit the weak by write and use of laws to their advantage

Question 11

Karl Marx Believes…

Answer 11

Limited resources and uneven distribution causes conflict

Question 12

Mertons Strain Theory

Answer 12

Most people commit crimes because they cannot succeed within the boundaries society has set for them

Question 13

What Is A Ritualist

Answer 13

A person who rejects the ends but excepts the means of society

Question 14

Who Created Labeling Theory

Answer 14

Howard Becker 1963

Question 15

What Is Labeling Theory

Answer 15

The theory in which people become deviant because of the labels placed on them by authorities and others

Question 16

How many four-year college students do not graduate with a college degree

Answer 16

Roughly 50%

Question 17

What percent of students who attend community college drop out

Answer 17

Roughly 66% or two thirds

Question 18

Average Salary With A Bachelors Degree

Answer 18

$48,000

Question 19

What Is Ageism

Answer 19

Using someone’s real or perceived age as a basis for discriminatory actions

Question 20

Interactionalist Theory

Answer 20

Generalizations about every day forms of social interactions used to explain society as a whole

Only microsociological perspective

Question 21

What Is Disengagement Theory

Answer 21

A theory developed Kansas city study of adult life in 1950s stating elderly people should step aside for the younger generation

Question 22

What Is Activity Theory

Answer 22

A theory which states that with age comes wisdom. The younger generation should yield to the older generation

Question 23

Continuity Theory

Answer 23

Normal age depends on internal and external continuity