Social Structures

Question 1

Macrosociology

Answer 1

Looking at big social phenomena that affect a big portion of society

Question 2

Microsociology

Answer 2

Looking at face to face interactions

Question 3

Social Institutions

Answer 3

Impose structures as to how individuals are expected to behave; anything that can continue without any one individual (includes religion, laws, families, hospitals, etc.)

Question 4

Ecclesia

Answer 4

Dominant religious organization that includes most members of a society

Question 5

Churches

Answer 5

Established religious bodies in a larger society

Question 6

Cults

Answer 6

Radical social bodies that reject values of outside society; usually depend on an inspirational leader and are short-lived

Question 7

Secularization

Answer 7

Weaking of social and political power of the religious bodies

Question 8

Fundamentalism

Answer 8

Reaction to secularization – going back to religious beliefs

Question 9

Communism

Answer 9

A form of government where all property is owned by the community

Question 10

Capitalism

Answer 10

Private ownership of production with the market driven by supply and demand

Question 11

Socialism

Answer 11

Common ownership production driven by what benefits society as a whole

Question 12

Medicalization

Answer 12

Human conditions previously defined as normal become defined as medical conditions that are subject to diagnoses, research, and cures

Question 13

Sick role

Answer 13

The expectation to take a break while you’re sick

Question 14

Social Epidemiology

Answer 14

There is a correlation between social advantage/disadvantage and healthcare distribution