SYG 1000 exam 2 fsu | UPDATED Questions with 100%
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Q1: Socialization
A: The process through which we come to understand societal norms and expectations,
accept society's beliefs and become aware of societal values
Q2: Nature/nurture
A: social scientists are interested in nurture
Q3: Primary socialization
A: The initial process of learning the ways of a society or group that occurs in infancy and
childhood and is transmitted through the primary groups to which we belong.
Q4: Primary groups
A: Characterized by intimate, enduring, unspecialized relationships among small groups
who generally spend a great deal of time together.• For example: families, primary
schools.
Q5: Secondary socialization
A: The learning process that takes place each time we join a new secondary group.•For
example: Work, Club, University Class.
Q6: Secondary groups
A: Tend to be larger, more temporary, more impersonal, and more specialized
Q7: Social reproduction
A: The process of perpetuating norms, values, and social practices
Q8: Agents of socialization
A: The people, groups, and institutions who are doing the socializing
Q9: Role strain
A: Competing demands within a particular social role and status
Q10: Role conflict
A: When one's different social roles conflict with each other.
· Ex. A college student misses classes to take care of her sister.
Q11: Social interaction
, A: The ways individuals behave and react in the presence of other people. Helps us
develop a sense of self and undergo the socialization experiences that allow us to live in
society.
Q12: Deviance
A: a behavior trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative
reaction
Q13: Statistical conceptualization of deviance
A: Deviance from what is usual or common. Treats deviance as something that has a low
probability or likelihood of occurring
Q14: Social norms conceptualization of deviance
A: Deviance from rules of behavior of what is acceptable in a given culture
Q15: Folkways
A: Rules of behavior for common and routine interactions
Q16: Mores
A: Widely held beliefs about what is considered moral and just behavior in society
Q17: Legalistic conceptualization of deviance
A: only behavior that violates a law is considered deviant.
Q18: Sins
A: deviant acts, conditions, or beliefs that violate religious or moral prohibitions. Many are
not subject to legal regulation (ex. Promiscuity). Violations of mores.
Q19: Poor taste
A: behaviors, conditions, or beliefs that are violations of customs or etiquette. Folkways.
Q20: Normative conceptualization of deviance
A: deviance that elicits a disapproving response or reaction from the group.
Q21: Relativist perspective of deviance
A: Deviance is a social construction. It is subjective/relative. Suggests that some behaviors,
conditions, and beliefs are inherently and objectively deviant
Most scholars use this when studying human behaviors
Q22: Sanctions
A: When people break rules they face sanctions. Can be formal/informal
Verified Answers
Q1: Socialization
A: The process through which we come to understand societal norms and expectations,
accept society's beliefs and become aware of societal values
Q2: Nature/nurture
A: social scientists are interested in nurture
Q3: Primary socialization
A: The initial process of learning the ways of a society or group that occurs in infancy and
childhood and is transmitted through the primary groups to which we belong.
Q4: Primary groups
A: Characterized by intimate, enduring, unspecialized relationships among small groups
who generally spend a great deal of time together.• For example: families, primary
schools.
Q5: Secondary socialization
A: The learning process that takes place each time we join a new secondary group.•For
example: Work, Club, University Class.
Q6: Secondary groups
A: Tend to be larger, more temporary, more impersonal, and more specialized
Q7: Social reproduction
A: The process of perpetuating norms, values, and social practices
Q8: Agents of socialization
A: The people, groups, and institutions who are doing the socializing
Q9: Role strain
A: Competing demands within a particular social role and status
Q10: Role conflict
A: When one's different social roles conflict with each other.
· Ex. A college student misses classes to take care of her sister.
Q11: Social interaction
, A: The ways individuals behave and react in the presence of other people. Helps us
develop a sense of self and undergo the socialization experiences that allow us to live in
society.
Q12: Deviance
A: a behavior trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative
reaction
Q13: Statistical conceptualization of deviance
A: Deviance from what is usual or common. Treats deviance as something that has a low
probability or likelihood of occurring
Q14: Social norms conceptualization of deviance
A: Deviance from rules of behavior of what is acceptable in a given culture
Q15: Folkways
A: Rules of behavior for common and routine interactions
Q16: Mores
A: Widely held beliefs about what is considered moral and just behavior in society
Q17: Legalistic conceptualization of deviance
A: only behavior that violates a law is considered deviant.
Q18: Sins
A: deviant acts, conditions, or beliefs that violate religious or moral prohibitions. Many are
not subject to legal regulation (ex. Promiscuity). Violations of mores.
Q19: Poor taste
A: behaviors, conditions, or beliefs that are violations of customs or etiquette. Folkways.
Q20: Normative conceptualization of deviance
A: deviance that elicits a disapproving response or reaction from the group.
Q21: Relativist perspective of deviance
A: Deviance is a social construction. It is subjective/relative. Suggests that some behaviors,
conditions, and beliefs are inherently and objectively deviant
Most scholars use this when studying human behaviors
Q22: Sanctions
A: When people break rules they face sanctions. Can be formal/informal
