Unit 2

Question 1

Socialization

Answer 1

Refers to the process through which an individual learns how to act according to the rules and expectations of a particular culture

Question 2

Agents of Socialization

Answer 2

Groups that influence how s/o is going to be as they are growing up

Question 3

Play Stage

Answer 3

Stage in development of the self where the child can take on a role, but only from the perspective of one person at a time

Question 4

Game Stage

Answer 4

Stage in development of the self where the child can take on roles of a group of community and conform their behavior to the broad societal expectations

Question 5

Impression Formation

Answer 5

The process by which we define others based on observable cues

Question 6

Impression Management

Answer 6

The act of presenting a favorable image of oneself: 1. Routine, 2. Relationship

Question 7

Goffman - 1960’s

Answer 7

Symbolic Interactionalism

Question 8

Front Stage

Answer 8

Area of social interaction where people perform and work to maintain appropriate impressions

Question 9

Backstage

Answer 9

Area of social interaction away from the audience where people can: 1. Rehearse, 2. Rehash, 3. Violate

Question 10

Embarrassment

Answer 10

A spontaneous feeling we experience when the identity we are presenting suddenly and unexpectedly is discredited or challenged in front of others

Question 11

Aligning Action

Answer 11

Actions enacted by the transgressor to restore tainted identity

Question 12

Double Consciousness

Answer 12

A term coined by W.E.B Dubois used to describe an individual whose ID is divided

Question 13

Family Household

Answer 13

Composed of one or more people who occupy the same “housing unit”

Question 14

Endogamy

Answer 14

Romantic and/or sexual relations including marriage within one’s social group

Question 15

Exogamy

Answer 15

Romantic and/or sexual relations including marriage formed outside of one’s social group

Question 16

Monogamy

Answer 16

The practice of being in a romantic relation/marriage with one person at a time

Question 17

Polygamy

Answer 17

The practice of being married to more than one person at a time

Question 18

Polyamory

Answer 18

The practice of being in a consensual romantic relationship with more than one person at a time (not married)

Question 19

Nuclear Family

Answer 19

A unit consisting of parents and siblings

Question 20

Extended Family

Answer 20

Other family members

Question 21

The Second Shift

Answer 21

Unpaid labor that women experience or do inside the home in addition to outside labor

Question 22

6 Reasons to Divorce

Answer 22

1. Parental divorce
2. Premarital childbearing
3. Marriage @ early age
4. Childless marriage
5. Low incomes
6. Premarital cohabitation

Question 23

Deviate

Answer 23

Socially disapproved behavior that is socially constructed

Question 24

Anti-Miscegenation

Answer 24

Cannot have sex with someone of another race

Question 25

Absolutism

Answer 25

An approach to defining devance that rests on the assumption that all human behavior can be considered inherently good or bad

Question 26

Relativism

Answer 26

Deviance is not inherent in any particular act, belief, or condition instead it is socially constructed

Question 27

Criminalization

Answer 27

Making an action punishable by law

Question 28

Informal Social Control

Answer 28

When social actions are regulated with rewards and punishment by everyday interaction

Question 29

Formal Social Control

Answer 29

When social actions are regulated with rewards and punishment by organizations or the government

Question 30

White Collar Crimes

Answer 30

Unlawful activities commited by people during the course of their employment or regular activities