What is Sociology?

Question 1

Define instinct

Answer 1

A fixed, pre-programmed pattern of behaviour shared by all members of a species.

Question 2

Give three examples of learned behaviour

Answer 2

Language, manners, getting dressed yourself

Question 3

Define culture

Answer 3

Things that are learned and shared by a society, such as language and beliefs

Question 4

Define values

Answer 4

General principles or goals that teach what is good and bad

Question 5

Define Norms

Answer 5

Specific rules used to govern behaviour in particular situations

Question 6

Give an example of a formal norm

Answer 6

Written Laws

Question 7

Give an example of an informal norm

Answer 7

Table Manners

Question 8

What is a positive sanction?

Answer 8

A reward for following established norms

Question 9

What is a negative sanction?

Answer 9

A punishment for violating norms

Question 10

What is a subculture?

Answer 10

A group of people within a cultural society (country) that differentiate from the standard values.

Question 11

An example of a subculture?

Answer 11

Goths, Ku Klux Klan, hippies, and furries

Question 12

What is exocannibalism?

Answer 12

Cannibalism of someone outside your family or tribe

Question 13

What is endocannibalism?

Answer 13

Cannibalism of one’s own community (family)

Question 14

What is necro-cannibalism?

Answer 14

Eating the corpse of someone already dead

Question 15

What is sodomy?

Answer 15

Anal sex

Question 16

What was the punishment for sodomy from 1300-1533?

Answer 16

Being burried alive

Question 17

What is buggery?

Answer 17

Anal sex

Question 18

When was the death penalty for buggery abolished?

Answer 18

1967

Question 19

When was the sexual acts between men legalised?

Answer 19

1967

Question 20

When did lesbian parents receive legal recognition to conceive a child through fertility?

Answer 20

2009

Question 21

When was the first LGBTQI+ march?

Answer 21

1970

Question 22

When was action for lesbian parents founded?

Answer 22

1975

Question 23

When was the first gay TV series?

Answer 23

1959

Question 24

What was the first gay TV series?

Answer 24

South

Question 25

Who was the first MP to come out as gay in office?

Answer 25

Cunningham

Question 26

When did Cunningham come out as gay in office?

Answer 26

1984

Question 27

In 2001, why was a couple no longer able to foster children?

Answer 27

Because they refused to teach their foster son about homosexuality

Question 28

What is socialisation?

Answer 28

The process of learning the cultures of society

Question 29

What is primary socialisation?

Answer 29

The early period in a person’s life where they initiate learning and develop themselves through experiences and interactions

Question 30

What is an example of primary socialisation?

Answer 30

Family

Question 31

What is secondary socialisation?

Answer 31

When people other than family teach children how to behave, and what values they need to have

Question 32

What is an example of secondary socialisation?

Answer 32

School, work, church, media, peer groups

Question 33

What is gender role socialisation?

Answer 33

The process of teaching members of society how to behave according to gender expectations or gender roles

Question 34

How are females taught to act?

Answer 34

Timid, maternal, caring, polite, cooking, cleaning

Question 35

How are males taught to act?

Answer 35

Bravery, strength, mechanics, money providers

Question 36

What is an ascribed status?

Answer 36

A status based on fixed characteristics people are born with and cannot change (age, sex, race, ability, ancestry, kinship)

Question 37

What is achieved status?

Answer 37

A status achieved though our own efforts (university, job promotions)