Unit 1

Question 1

3 paradigms of sociology

Answer 1

1. structural functionalism
2. conflict theory
3. symbolic interactionism

Question 2

General in the particular

Answer 2

Using a particular case as a sample of a larger social issue or trend

Question 3

Institutions

Answer 3

Long standing formal aspects of society that address basic human needs, with accepted norms, values, and statuses. Examples include healthcare, business, government, media, religion, science, family, education, justice system, and sports

Question 4

Political opportunity

Answer 4

One of the 3 things needed for social change. A situation where there is a big enough issue (national or international) that requires a change in laws

Question 5

Social change

Answer 5

Transformation in the beliefs, social interactions, practices, organization, and structures of society. Can occur slowly or quickly. Examples include short term changes like the response to a crisis (e.g., covid 19) and long term changes like the industrial revolution

Question 6

Social position

Answer 6

The way society categorizes people based on characteristics

Question 7

Society

Answer 7

A group of people who share a culture and place

Question 8

Sociocultural evolution

Answer 8

An umbrella term for theories of cultural and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have evolved over time. It involves the relationship between technologies, social structures, and values of society, and changes with time

Question 9

Strange in the familiar

Answer 9

Looking at things that become invisible over time, such as computers in a classroom

Question 10

Patadigmatic shift

Answer 10

A major societal change in concepts and practices of how something works or is accomplished, such as the shift from feudalism to capitalism. It involves a change in the fundamental concepts of society or societal expectations

Question 11

Political revolution

Answer 11

Occur when the government is replaced or the form of government is altered, such as the French revolution or occupy movements

Question 12

Social movement

Answer 12

Advocacy for change within a society, which may include demonstrations and activism, such as the civil rights movement

Question 13

Direction of social change

Answer 13

Refers to whether the change is positive or negative

Question 14

Rate of social change

Answer 14

Refers to how quickly the change occurs

Question 15

Sources of social change

Answer 15

Refers to the factors that influence change

Question 16

Controllability of social change

Answer 16

Refers to the degree to which change can be controlled

Question 17

Economic change

Answer 17

Plays a key role in the way change takes place, impacting the way social change might happen in a given society

Question 18

Political change

Answer 18

Occurs when existing structures of power are questioned, often stemming from social and economic factors within a society

Question 19

Cultural change

Answer 19

Emphasizes the influence of culture on the individual, where a society may adapt behavior, practices, or mindsets within existing ideas

Question 20

5 theories of change

Answer 20

1. evolutionary
   2.cyclical, challenge and response, functionalist,
   and conflict theories

Question 21

3 characteristics of social change

Answer 21

economic, political, cultural