Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

JPC SCC Vocabulary

Sociology Exam#1

QuestionAnswer
Functionalist a society is viewed as a stable, orderly system
Conflict groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources
Sybolic interactionists focuses on the specific interaction among people
Cause and Effect a relationship in which change in one variable causes a change in another
Independent Variable the variable that causes the change
Dependent Variable the variable that changes
Spurious Correlation an apparent, although false, relationship between two (or more) variables caused by some other variable- a trivial or meaningless correlation
Culture the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that, together, form a people's way of life
Material Culture the physical creations that members of a society make, use, and share
Symbols/Gestures anything that meaningful represents someting else
Language a set of symbols that expresses ideas and enables people to think and communicate with one another
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis language shapes the view of reality of its speakers
Values ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirablre in a particular culture
Norms established rules of behavior
Mores norms that may NOT by violated without serious consequences
Folkways norms that may be violated without serious consequences
Laws written norms
Ethnocentrism the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
Cultural Relativism the practice of evaluating a culture by it's own standards
Society people who interact in a defined territory and share a common culture
Resocialization the process by which people abandon their old sleves and develop new ones
Created by: jpclark
Popular Miscellaneous sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards