sociology quarter 1 test

Question 1

sociology

Answer 1

the study of how people are impacted by others

Question 2

perspective

Answer 2

your own point of view

Question 3

social structure

Answer 3

patterns in life, organized way of living life

Question 4

group behavior

Answer 4

participating in certain behaviors that you wouldn’t normally do because you feel safe in a group

Question 5

auguste comte

Answer 5

french, “Father of Sociology”, wanted to use the Scientific Method on people(experiments)

Question 6

harriet martineau

Answer 6

english, feminist, studied why society oppressed women

Question 7

emily durkheim

Answer 7

french, believed there is an unwritten agreement in society, started using stats to back up her ideas

Question 8

max weber

Answer 8

german, believed that you have to be in someone else’s shoes in order to understand them

Question 9

functionalist perspective

Answer 9

every part of society compliments each other, very positive, believes everyone cooperates together

Question 10

conflict theory perspective

Answer 10

society is always fighting, power fight, fight for equal rights, some people have power and others want it

Question 11

symbolic interaction perspective

Answer 11

we interact with people based on what we see, mimic other people’s behaviors

Question 12

surveys

Answer 12

gathering info by asking people questions and collecting and calibrating answers

Question 13

population

Answer 13

people asked questions

Question 14

open ended questions

Answer 14

answered in one’s own words, hard to calculate and draw conclusions

Question 15

close ended questions

Answer 15

choose answers from selection, easy to calculate and draw conclusions

Question 16

pre-collected data

Answer 16

using other’s work/info

Question 17

case study

Answer 17

when research is done in the field and conclusions are made in general

Question 18

participant observation

Answer 18

when a researcher becomes part of the actual group being studied

Question 19

culture

Answer 19

knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects shared by members of society

Question 20

instincts

Answer 20

innate, unlearned patterns of behavior

Question 21

norms

Answer 21

rules that define appropriate behavior

Question 22

folkways

Answer 22

norms that lack moral significance

Question 23

mores

Answer 23

norms that have moral dimensions and should be followed

Question 24

laws

Answer 24

most serious mores, strong punishment for violation, if a law then formally defined and enforced by officials

Question 25

values

Answer 25

broad ideas by most people in the society of what is good and acceptable

Question 26

non-material culture

Answer 26

religions, customs, etc..

Question 27

material culture

Answer 27

meaning we place on material things

Question 28

ideal culture

Answer 28

what members claim to accept is true

Question 29

real culture

Answer 29

actual behavior of memebers

Question 30

reasons cultures change

Answer 30

discovery, invention, cultural diffusion

Question 31

counterculture

Answer 31

goes against cultural norms