Unit 5 Test: Sociology--Social groups Flashcards
comprehensive study of suicide
Durkheim
ideal types rather than specific examples
Weber
father of sociology
Comte
economic determinism
Marx and Engels
taught that society was the product of change
Spencer
imagined a completely planned society
Plato
T or F. Sociology is the study of society
True
T or F. Socialization is cultural accumulation.
False
T or F. A utopia is an idealistic vision of society.
True
T or F. The church and the family are Biblical institutions of society.
True
T or F. A utopia is an idealistic vision of society.
True
In a sociological survey, people interview themselves
False
Controlled experiments are a method used by sociologists
True
Sociology deals with groups rather than with individuals
True
One method of conducting a survey involves selecting a sampling of a representative group of people.
True
Statistical analysis is the collection of data that is used to test probabilities.
False
A set of people who are distinguished from others in that they have a common interest or special relationship is a
group
What is the study of truth and knowledge?
Philosophy
The spread of cultural traits from one society to another is
diffusion
All the ways of thinking and acting one acquires from society are his
culture
What are the two types of anthropology?
- cultural
- physical
When a person has too high of an opinion of their own culture, it is called _____.
ethnocentrism
What is a baby’s relationship to others regulated by?
both emotional and physical needs
Emotional is a shared or common emotional experience.
contagian
