Sociology Chapter 1-4
Adult Socialization - correct answer-A set of stages in a person's ability to think logically and
abstractly about how the world works.
Adult Socialization - correct answer-The process by which adults learn new statuses and
roles.
Anomie - correct answer-Suicide caused by feelings of normlesness and confusion, the
feelin that the rules no longer make sense.
Association Dependent - correct answer-A variable that changes in response to change in
the independent variable.
Attachment Disorder - correct answer-The inability to form relationships or trust people, often
found in children who grew up having minimal interaction with adults.
Auguste Compte - correct answer-Coined the term sociology;emphasized empiricism;
thought society was evolving toward perfection.
C. Wright Mills - correct answer-American sociologists; developed concept of the sociological
imagination.
Cognitive Development - correct answer-The child's assimilation of the basic elements of
culture- language, norms, behavior- and adoption of a culturally appropiate identity.
Conflict Culture lag - correct answer-The conflict between cultural ideas and new patterns of
behavior, especially those that arise because of technological innovation.
Conflict Theory - correct answer-The paradigm that emphasizes the conflict between
different sectors of a society, and how groups use resources to secure their own particular
interests.
Conversion Hypothesis - correct answer-The conversion of abstract ideas into specific,
observable things or events.
Cultural Relativism - correct answer-The totality of knowledge , beliefs, values, and rules for
appropiate behavior-shared by members of society.
Cultural Shock - correct answer-The difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that
differs markedly from their own
Culture - correct answer-A pattern for living shared by members of a society.
Diffusion - correct answer-The movement of cultural traits from one culture to another.
Adult Socialization - correct answer-A set of stages in a person's ability to think logically and
abstractly about how the world works.
Adult Socialization - correct answer-The process by which adults learn new statuses and
roles.
Anomie - correct answer-Suicide caused by feelings of normlesness and confusion, the
feelin that the rules no longer make sense.
Association Dependent - correct answer-A variable that changes in response to change in
the independent variable.
Attachment Disorder - correct answer-The inability to form relationships or trust people, often
found in children who grew up having minimal interaction with adults.
Auguste Compte - correct answer-Coined the term sociology;emphasized empiricism;
thought society was evolving toward perfection.
C. Wright Mills - correct answer-American sociologists; developed concept of the sociological
imagination.
Cognitive Development - correct answer-The child's assimilation of the basic elements of
culture- language, norms, behavior- and adoption of a culturally appropiate identity.
Conflict Culture lag - correct answer-The conflict between cultural ideas and new patterns of
behavior, especially those that arise because of technological innovation.
Conflict Theory - correct answer-The paradigm that emphasizes the conflict between
different sectors of a society, and how groups use resources to secure their own particular
interests.
Conversion Hypothesis - correct answer-The conversion of abstract ideas into specific,
observable things or events.
Cultural Relativism - correct answer-The totality of knowledge , beliefs, values, and rules for
appropiate behavior-shared by members of society.
Cultural Shock - correct answer-The difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that
differs markedly from their own
Culture - correct answer-A pattern for living shared by members of a society.
Diffusion - correct answer-The movement of cultural traits from one culture to another.
