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sociology midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Milgram | study using people to shock other people |
| functionalism | every part has its job and works together |
| conflict | inequality of women,color,class |
| symbolic interaction | how we interact with each other, feed off each others cues |
| scientific method in research 1st time, the topic was suicidde. Who??? | Durkheim |
| who was the founder of sociology | aguste comte |
| study to determine how one thing they do affects another | variables |
| several ways to gather information. What is it called when a questionaire is sent out? | survey |
| tuskegee study | syphillis |
| milgrams study | shocks people |
| collect data to have a sample. what is a probability sample | equal chance of being selected |
| study exposed to a thing is the expermental group, the control group...... | is not exposed to the variable |
| how does common sense differ from sociology | common sense is myths and misconception |
| culture | characteristics shared,learned,changing,transferred fromm one generation tothe next |
| cultural diffusion | when it spreads out to another society |
| culture shock | confusion, disorientation or anxiety that one experiences from exposure to an unfamiliar way of life |
| ethnocentric | the belief that ones own culture,society or group is superior to others |
| incest | taboo |
| sanctions | rules. can be positive or negative |
| socialization | the life long process through which people learn culture and become functioning members of society. how we become who we are, nature vs. nurture |
| feral children | need language and empathy to become functioning members of society |
| childs brain critical period for stimulation | birth to puberty |
| genie | strapped to toilet, learned words but not language |
| monkeys | went to the subject wrapped in warm fuzzy material |
| son and chimp | son started acting like a chimp |
| types of parenting | authoritian, harsh,firm,power lasse faire, do want ever you want uninvolved,works-not around authorative, warm responsive,involved but sets limits |
| resocialization | the process of unlearning old ways and adopting new attitudes,values,norma and behavior ex: army head shaved,uniforms |
| most powerful source of socialization | parents |
| when does the socialization process end | when you die |
| social structure in society | pattern of organized behavior that governs our relationships and actions |
| master status | what people see you as. ex: guy in wheelchair |
| status | the social position that we occupy |
| role | the role you play. ex mother, student |
| role conflict | when you feel overwhelmed with all you roles |
| cyber bullying | bullying over any type of technology |
| personal space | |
| ascribed status | born into sex,age |
| achieved | worked for, choice. married,criminal |
| social group | class, soccor team,friends |
| solomon asch | showed people lines. people want to conform so they will agree with the wrong answer |
| iron law of digarchy | small group of people domminate the whole buracracy |
| what kind of stratification system in the U.S, | open stratification |
| social mobility | able to move up and down in the social class |
| feminization of poverty | disproportion of poor female head of household |
| intergeneralization mobility | hierarchy move up and down in social class because of your parents |