Sociology 1010, Spencer Blake SLCC,
Exam-Graded A
Applied Sociology - ANSWER-Use of sociology to solve problems
Pure Sociology - ANSWER-Research for finding discoveries about life in human groups,
not making changes in them. (Just have the info)
Conflict Theory - ANSWER-Society is viewed as competing for resources, (someone
has to pay, so constant conflict) (Karl Marx)
Functional Analysis - ANSWER-Everything in society performs a function. Just like a
grandfather clock, they all make the society work.
Symbolic Interaction - ANSWER-View that society is a set of symbols used to establish
meaning, develop views, and communicate with each other.
Macro/Micro Level Analysis - ANSWER-Macro: Large scale patterns
Mirco: Small scale patterns
Social Integration - ANSWER-The degree which people are tied to their social groups
(Durkheim and suicide relations).
Social Interaction - ANSWER-One persons actions influencing someone else
Theory - ANSWER-A general statement of how some parts in the world fit and work
together.
Sociology - ANSWER-Study of Society
Society - ANSWER-
Anomie - ANSWER-Normlessness (People with high anomie tend to have high drug
use)
Norms - ANSWER-The oughtness of a situation (what you ought to do), expectations of
right behavior
Values - ANSWER-standards by which people define what is desirable/ undesirable
Value Free - ANSWER-
, C Wright Mills - ANSWER-Sociological perspective (Society as a whole + subject)
culture shock - ANSWER-the disorientation that people experience when they come in
contact with a fundamentally different culture and can no longer depend on their taken-
for-granted assumptions about life
ethnocentrism - ANSWER-the use of one's own culture as
a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a
negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors
Language - ANSWER-a system of symbols that can be combined in an infinite number
of ways and can represent not only objects but also abstract thought
symbolic communication - ANSWER-gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions,
folkways, etc.
Ideal culture - ANSWER-a people's ideal values and norms; the goals held out for them
Real culture - ANSWER-the norms and values that people actually follow; as opposed
to ideal culture
material culture - ANSWER-the material objects that distinguish a group of people, such
as their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines, hairstyles, clothing, and jewelry
non material culture - ANSWER-a group's ways of thinking (including its beliefs, values,
and other assumptions about the world) also called symbolic culture
cultural leveling - ANSWER-the process by which cultures become similar to one
another; especially with western areas
pluralistic society - ANSWER-a society made up of many different groups
culture complex - ANSWER-a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by
one essential trait:
social sanction - ANSWER-either expressions of approval given to people for following
norms or expressions of disapproval for violating them
social stratification - ANSWER-the division of large numbers of people into layers
according to their relative property, power, and prestige;
caste - ANSWER-a form of social stratification
in which people's statuses are lifelong conditions determined by birth
Exam-Graded A
Applied Sociology - ANSWER-Use of sociology to solve problems
Pure Sociology - ANSWER-Research for finding discoveries about life in human groups,
not making changes in them. (Just have the info)
Conflict Theory - ANSWER-Society is viewed as competing for resources, (someone
has to pay, so constant conflict) (Karl Marx)
Functional Analysis - ANSWER-Everything in society performs a function. Just like a
grandfather clock, they all make the society work.
Symbolic Interaction - ANSWER-View that society is a set of symbols used to establish
meaning, develop views, and communicate with each other.
Macro/Micro Level Analysis - ANSWER-Macro: Large scale patterns
Mirco: Small scale patterns
Social Integration - ANSWER-The degree which people are tied to their social groups
(Durkheim and suicide relations).
Social Interaction - ANSWER-One persons actions influencing someone else
Theory - ANSWER-A general statement of how some parts in the world fit and work
together.
Sociology - ANSWER-Study of Society
Society - ANSWER-
Anomie - ANSWER-Normlessness (People with high anomie tend to have high drug
use)
Norms - ANSWER-The oughtness of a situation (what you ought to do), expectations of
right behavior
Values - ANSWER-standards by which people define what is desirable/ undesirable
Value Free - ANSWER-
, C Wright Mills - ANSWER-Sociological perspective (Society as a whole + subject)
culture shock - ANSWER-the disorientation that people experience when they come in
contact with a fundamentally different culture and can no longer depend on their taken-
for-granted assumptions about life
ethnocentrism - ANSWER-the use of one's own culture as
a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a
negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors
Language - ANSWER-a system of symbols that can be combined in an infinite number
of ways and can represent not only objects but also abstract thought
symbolic communication - ANSWER-gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions,
folkways, etc.
Ideal culture - ANSWER-a people's ideal values and norms; the goals held out for them
Real culture - ANSWER-the norms and values that people actually follow; as opposed
to ideal culture
material culture - ANSWER-the material objects that distinguish a group of people, such
as their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines, hairstyles, clothing, and jewelry
non material culture - ANSWER-a group's ways of thinking (including its beliefs, values,
and other assumptions about the world) also called symbolic culture
cultural leveling - ANSWER-the process by which cultures become similar to one
another; especially with western areas
pluralistic society - ANSWER-a society made up of many different groups
culture complex - ANSWER-a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by
one essential trait:
social sanction - ANSWER-either expressions of approval given to people for following
norms or expressions of disapproval for violating them
social stratification - ANSWER-the division of large numbers of people into layers
according to their relative property, power, and prestige;
caste - ANSWER-a form of social stratification
in which people's statuses are lifelong conditions determined by birth
