Essentials of Sociology – Chap. 3 & 4 Review – Flashcards
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The discipline concerned with the study of the social aspects of aging is known as:
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social gerontology
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Which stage of the life course is currently seeing the greatest growth in the number of people and is therefore of great interest to policy makers?
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Older Adults
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Sociologists argue that social and geographic mobility has affected our self-identities in which way?
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Our self-identities are less stable.
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What age-grade had the highest status in traditional cultures but often lacks authority within the family and community in industrialized societies?
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Elders
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According to 1950s functionalist theorist Talcott Parsons, failure to find adequate roles for the elderly in U.S. society will cause them to:
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become alienated by society
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According to activity theory, both the elderly and society can benefit:
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if elderly people remain actively engaged in work and other social roles as long as they can
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For most individuals in modern society, the agent of socialization that is most responsible for their early childhood development is:
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family
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The human thought process that involves reasoning, perception, and remembering is referred to as:
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cognition
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According to George Herbert Mead, the socialization process occurs in three stages: the "I" stage, the __________ stage, and the generalized other stage.
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me
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What is interactional vandalism? Give an example. Why does interactional vandalism create problems in everyday interaction and conversation?
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Interactional vandalism is defined as a subordinate person breaking the tacit rules of interaction E.g., a street vendor tries to sell products to people by walking next to them and putting the products in people's line of vision. As he does so, people ignore him and avert their eyes. Interactional vandalism, such as when men on the street call out to and follow women, is likely to have the effect of supporting status positions.
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When Jane arrived at the party, her friend Alyssa came over immediately to say hello. According to Erving Goffman, this is an example of:
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focused interaction
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The sociologist Carol Brooks Gardner linked the harassment of women by men to the larger system of male privilege in public spaces, women's physical vulnerability, and the omnipresent threat of rape. Her analysis of these interactions shows the importance of linking __________ and __________ to understand social interaction.
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microsociology; macrosociology
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Our actions throughout the day are generally organized according to both the time of day and:
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Space
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Gestures and body postures that are an important part of nonverbal communication are:
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Neither Universal nor the same in all societies
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Regionalization is the idea that social life is separated into regional settings or zones. These social zones are separated physically, such as a kitchen and a bedroom, but also by:
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Time
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Sociologists Deirdre Boden and Harvey Molotch argue that even with the growth of electronic communication, such as text messaging and e-mail, people have a strong need to interact in each other's presence. They call this concept:
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compulsion of proximity
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Interactional vandalism is defined as:
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a subordinate person breaking the tacit rules of interaction
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Socially defined expectations of a person in a given social position are referred to as:
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social roles
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Throughout our day we alternate our activities and where they take place according to what sociologists call:
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time-space
