exam 1 – Flashcards

penalties and reward for conduct relating to a social norm are known as _______.

one example of a formal sanction is a _______.

in the study of language which sociological perspective suggests that gender related language reflects the traditional acceptance of men and women into certain occupations?

in american society we often formalize norms into _______.

facing forward in an elevator can be considered a _______.

norms that are generally understood but not precisely recorded are known as _________.

an american traveling abroad observes locals eating chocolate covered crickets while she does not partake herself she does not judge, this is an example of?

john is pulled over by a police officer for speeding on the pennsylvania turnpike he is given a fine of $120 and sent on his way, this is an example of?

which sociological perspective would maintain that the laws of a society are created by the groups in power and help those groups maintain.

which sociological perspective would most likely suggest that sports help to maintain peoples physical well being.

the view that sports serve as an opiate for social injustices and distract people from focusing on the reality of personal problems and society be held by ________.

which sociological approach would view sports as an agent for defining peoples social positions as players coaches and referees as a result of reputations?

which sociological perspective would view sports as a form of big business in which profits are more important than the health and safety.

a new ford explorer can be considered ________.

the belief in a higher power can be considered _______.

the view that laws are set up to assist those who are in positions of power is most consistent with _______.

which perspective would state that people are formed through the way in which they interact with and react?

sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival

that if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a societies stability

a period of maladjustment during which the non material culture is still adapting to new material conditions

in the u.s. professional gamblers, armenian americans, teenagers and nudist are example of _______.

Emile Durkheim's study of suicide related suicide rates to ______.

the discipline of sociology was given its name by which french theorist?

Beth travels from New York to Africa and is introduced to living in a dirt floored hut while she works digging canals. She is experiencing ________.

an abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture is called _______.

sociologist regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective

the use of the terms "g man" and "honey boat" and "airmail" by sanitation workers in New York is an example of _______.

applied the concept of evolution to societies in order to explain how they change or evolve.

refers to a loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior had become ineffective.

sociological studies that focus on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations are known as ________.

a sociologist who studies the unequal economic reality between men and women

the awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal issues.

a key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view ones own society

the word that max weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account peoples emotions and thoughts.

karl marxs analysis, society was fundamentally divided between ______.

an american traveling abroad observes locals eating chocolate covered crickets. she expresses disgust the her traveling companions.

ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that ones own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others therefor cohesion in a group. this observation would best reflect which sociological perspective?

the word used in the budlight commercial on nonverbal communication was ______.

which of the following is argued by the sapir-whorf hypothesis?

what concept did Dubois developed to describe the experience of being black in white america a division of an individual.

charles horton cooleys central focus.