Lesson 2 Practice Quiz – Flashcards
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sociological perspective
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a way of looking at the world through a sociological lens
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beginners mind
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approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see things in a new way
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sociology
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the systematic or scientific of human society and social behavior, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions
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culture shock
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a sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically new social or cultural environment
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society
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a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish their group from other groups
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social sciences
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the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world
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d. it emphasizes the importance of difference and rejects the idea of a single gay or lesbian identity
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why is the term "queer" used to describe queer theory? a. it has a long history of use within the gay and lesbian community b. it is controversial and helps to stimulate sales of books and articles written by queer theorists c. it is an easily definable category d. it emphasizes the importance of difference and rejects the idea of a single gay or lesbian identity e. it emphasizes that some people are born with a fixed orientation and cannot change
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b. culture shock
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Nasko moved to the United States from Bulgaria at the age of nine. after moving, he felt disorientated because the environment was so strange to him. he experienced a. relocation confusion b. culture shock c. cultural fear d. rapid social movement
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d. sociology
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Howard Becker defines _________ as the study of people "doing things together" a. social psychology b. family c. social expectations d. sociology
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disenchantment
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the rationalization of modern society
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iron cage
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Max Weber's pessimistic description of modern life, in which we are caught in bureaucratic structures that control our lives through rigid rules and rationalization
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verstehen
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"emphatic understanding"; Weber's term to describe good social research, which tries to understand the meanings that individual social actors attach to various actions and events
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praxis
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practical action that is taken on the basis of intellectual or theoretical understanding
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bureaucracies
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secondary groups designed to perform tasks efficiently, characterized by specialization, technical competence, hierarchy, written rules, impersonality, and formal written communication
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rationalization
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the application of economic logic to human activity; the use of formal rules and regulations in order to maximize efficiency without consideration of subjective or individual concerns
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a. social work
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what separate but related field is Jane Addams often considered the founder of? a. social work b. psychology c. ethnomethodology
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latent functions
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the less obvious, perhaps unintended functions of a social structure
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conflict theory
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a paradigm that sees social conflict as the basis of society and social change, and emphasizes a materialist view of society, a critical view of the status quo, and a dynamic model of historical change
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manifest functions
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the obvious, intended functions of a social structure for the social system
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social inequality
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the unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society
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structure
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a social institution that is relatively stable over time and that meets the needs of society by performing functions necessary to maintain social order and stability
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dysfunction
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a disturbance to or undesirable consequence of some aspect of the social system
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c. George Herbert Mead
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which of the following people's teachings would be most associated with symbolic interactionism? a. Max Weber b. Karl Marx c. George Herbert Mead d. Émile Durkheim
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d. the human, or social, world
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the social sciences are all those disciplines that study: a. the physical universe b. the natural world c. the relationship of animals to places d. the human, or social, world e. digital communication
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symbolic interactionism
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meanings are created and interpreted through interaction
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conflict theory
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society exists with patterns of inequality and dominance
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structural functionalism
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society is orderly and is a unified system
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postmoderism
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social reality is diverse and best explored via mini-narratives
