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Soc 101
GHC Test 1
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
10/10/2009

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Ascribed status
Definition
Stautus your born with, most dont change it.
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Erving Goffman
Definition
Impression management.
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Sanctions
Definition
When you violate a norm, mores or laws.
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Operational Definition
Definition
(Parenting styles) getting down to variables.
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Social sciences
Definition
sociology, anthropology, studies social behaviors.
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In-group
Definition
people belong or they don't.
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out-group
Definition
people who don't belong to the in-group.
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Reference Groups
Definition
Someone you want to be like. (parents)
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Bureaucracy
Definition
sections of an organization.
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Impression Management
Definition
activity of controlling information in order to steer others’ opinions in the service of personal or social goals.
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Role strain
Definition
results when the expectations of a single role are not compatible.
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role conflict
Definition
results when a person occupies two or more roles with different status.(father and coach)
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Master Status
Definition
most important status.
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Cultural universals
Definition
family, funerals, medicine.
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Macro sociology
Definition
the study of large scale social structures. often at the societal level.
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Micro sociology
Definition
study of individual and small group stuctures.
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Hawthorne effect
Definition
when you are watched you will act differently then you would normally.
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values
Definition
refers to beliefs about what is right or wrong. good or bad in a given culture.
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beliefs
Definition
based on observation, logic, tradition, opinions and faith.
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correlation
Definition
shows a relationship between 2 variables. 0 no relationship. no causation with correlation.
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Id
Definition
pleasure seeking.
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Superego
Definition
conscience.
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Ego
Definition
rationalization of the id, superego and the external world.
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Gesellschaft
Definition
societly. larger associations.
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Gemeinshaft
Definition
Community. a closely related group. (family, neighborhood or village)
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Obediance
Definition
compliance with commands given by an authority figure.
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Socialization
Definition
the process through which an individual learns the necessary information and behaviors to become a functional member of a group
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Cooley's looking-glass self
Definition
self concept is a reflextion of yourself you see in others.
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Linguistic relativity hypothesis
Definition
the view that the language a person
speaks influences his perception of the world.
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Culture
Definition
groups of people way of existing.
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Folkways
Definition
everyday norms. Don't stare, don't stink.
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Norms
Definition
standard of required or expected behavior.
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Simple random sample
Definition
every member of population randomly sampled has an equal chance at being selected.
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Primary group
Definition
In this type of group, relationships are static or stable. (close friends)
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Secondary group
Definition
A secondary group is made up of two or more people who interact with each other for practical reasons. (class)
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Society
Definition
all the people that live in a country.
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Quantitative
Definition
how many times something has happened to you.
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Qualitative
Definition
mens views vs. womens
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Symbolic Interactionism
Definition
focuses on the use of symbols, language and other means of communication.
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Conflict theory
Definition
asserts that the struggle for wealth and power is the essence of human interaction.
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Structural functionalism
Definition
Society is a system where groups interact and this interaction tends to be stable and free of overt conflict.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
is the tendency of individuals from one culture to judge the standards of another culture by their own cultural standards.
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Laws
Definition
are formalized mores and folkways.
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Status
Definition
is the position that a person occupies in society.
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Role
Definition
is the “set of expected behaviors” or the part a person plays as it relates to status.
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Mead play stage
Definition
children try the roles of others (make believe)
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Mead game stage
Definition
children take on roles with consequences.
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Mead generalized other stage
Definition
understanding of role contingent on those interacting with.
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Sociology
Definition
a social science that examines the social forces influencing human behavior.
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Sociological perspective
Definition
on the idea that people's behaviors are influenced, if not determined by, the groups to which they belong.
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Sociological perspective
Definition
on the idea that people's behaviors are influenced, if not determined by, the groups to which they belong.
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Independent variables
Definition
influence other variables. In an experiment an independent variable is sometimes called the manipulated variable.
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Dependent variables
Definition
is not free to vary. That is, another variable causes it.
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Sociological Imagination
Definition
an individual’s ability to relate his or her current social situation to larger social forces and structures.
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Herbert Spencer
Definition
applied Charles Robert Darwin's (1809-1882) idea of natural selection (no two organisms are exactly alike) to explain the changes that have taken place and continue to take place in society.
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Auguste Comte
Definition
French philosopher generally referred to as the founder of sociology, was the first person to apply scientific principles to the study of human behavior. He also coined the term - sociologie.
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