Sociologists for each key term

Question 1

Social Norms

Answer 1

Middlemist
-Participants became anxious and it prolonged the onset of urination
-Due to the same reaction from multiple participants shows giving one another space is a norm
-Links to norms being based on consensus (agreement )

Question 2

Social Values

Answer 2

Durkheim
-Without values (and norms) society will fall into a state of anomie, chaos

Question 3

Culture

Answer 3

Woodward (2000)
- Culture is based on shared meanings, values and practices

Margaret Mead (1931)
- Studied the Arapesh tribe, males and females were both gentle and cooperative –Whilst the study of the Mundugumor tribe found that men and women were both aggressive and violent to seek power and status

Question 4

Status

Answer 4

Howard Becker
-Master status
-Constant negative labelling may cause a person to identify with the label and allow it to overrule all other labels
-Becomes how others view them and therefore becomes their master status