SOCS185 Week 8 Exam Study Guide
American Sociological Association Code of Ethics - correct answer
✔designed to help researchers avoid bias, adhere to professional standards
and protect respondents from harm
Colonialism - correct answer ✔Attempt by one country to establish
settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in
another territory.
Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔a theory that looks at society as a
competition for limited resources
Culture - correct answer ✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group
of people.
Deviance - correct answer ✔the recognized violation of cultural norms
Diffusion - correct answer ✔The process of spread of a feature or trend from
one place to another over time
dramaturgical analysis - correct answer ✔Erving Goffman's term for the
study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
Erving Goffman - correct answer ✔dramaturgical theory. Civil inattention,
Ethnomethodology - correct answer ✔the study of how people use
background assumptions to make sense out of life
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔Belief in the superiority of one's nation or
ethnic group.
cultural relativism - correct answer ✔the practice of judging a culture by its
own standards
feminization of poverty - correct answer ✔The increasing concentration of
poverty among women, especially unmarried women and their children
Gendered division of labor - correct answer ✔"A division of duties between
men and women under which women have the main responsibility for home
and nurturing and men are mainly active in the public sphere."
gender roles - correct answer ✔sets of behavioral norms assumed to
accompany one's status as male or female
General in the particular - correct answer ✔The broader social patterns that
are reflected in the actions of individuals
global stratification - correct answer ✔the unequal distribution of resources
between countries
health disparities - correct answer ✔differences in health outcomes among
groups
Human Subjects Research - correct answer ✔any study of persons that is a
systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable
knowledge
American Sociological Association Code of Ethics - correct answer
✔designed to help researchers avoid bias, adhere to professional standards
and protect respondents from harm
Colonialism - correct answer ✔Attempt by one country to establish
settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in
another territory.
Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔a theory that looks at society as a
competition for limited resources
Culture - correct answer ✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group
of people.
Deviance - correct answer ✔the recognized violation of cultural norms
Diffusion - correct answer ✔The process of spread of a feature or trend from
one place to another over time
dramaturgical analysis - correct answer ✔Erving Goffman's term for the
study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
Erving Goffman - correct answer ✔dramaturgical theory. Civil inattention,
Ethnomethodology - correct answer ✔the study of how people use
background assumptions to make sense out of life
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔Belief in the superiority of one's nation or
ethnic group.
cultural relativism - correct answer ✔the practice of judging a culture by its
own standards
feminization of poverty - correct answer ✔The increasing concentration of
poverty among women, especially unmarried women and their children
Gendered division of labor - correct answer ✔"A division of duties between
men and women under which women have the main responsibility for home
and nurturing and men are mainly active in the public sphere."
gender roles - correct answer ✔sets of behavioral norms assumed to
accompany one's status as male or female
General in the particular - correct answer ✔The broader social patterns that
are reflected in the actions of individuals
global stratification - correct answer ✔the unequal distribution of resources
between countries
health disparities - correct answer ✔differences in health outcomes among
groups
Human Subjects Research - correct answer ✔any study of persons that is a
systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable
knowledge
