Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam(Complete)2022
What is sociology
the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective?
A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system?
If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective?
Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and
structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective?
It is more concerned with the micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives
together?
By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization?
A process of social interaction by which people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values
and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
What are agents of socialization?
Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory?
A theory that emphasizes conditioning and observational theory
What is culture?
Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking, feeling and acting
from one generation to the next.
What is society?
Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux?
Culture groups adapt in dynamic and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture?
Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture?
Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts that hold in the dominant
culture.
What is ethnocentrism?
Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our own culture
What is a 'status'
A position within a group or society
What is a 'role'
A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
What are social structures?
roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures?
A way in which we define the family determines the kinds of family we consider to be
normal or deviant.
What is sociology
the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective?
A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system?
If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective?
Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and
structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective?
It is more concerned with the micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives
together?
By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization?
A process of social interaction by which people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values
and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
What are agents of socialization?
Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory?
A theory that emphasizes conditioning and observational theory
What is culture?
Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking, feeling and acting
from one generation to the next.
What is society?
Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux?
Culture groups adapt in dynamic and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture?
Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture?
Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts that hold in the dominant
culture.
What is ethnocentrism?
Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our own culture
What is a 'status'
A position within a group or society
What is a 'role'
A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
What are social structures?
roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures?
A way in which we define the family determines the kinds of family we consider to be
normal or deviant.
