Question | Answer |
behavior that matches group expectations | conformity |
rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior | norm |
the distribution of power as well as coercion, competition are most important in this sociological theory | conflict perspective |
group of people we look to establish values and attigueds and who we use to evaluate ourselves | reference group |
people who are emotionally close, know each other well, and seek one another's company (example: best friends) | primary relationship |
people employed in low-skill jnobs with the lowest pay who do not earn enought to rise out of poverty | working poor |
theory that people learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts to which they are exposed | Differential association theory |
socializing group that has the greatest effect on individual behavior | family |
nonacademic agenda taught in schools (example: patriotism) | hidden curriculum |
in religion, objects and ideas that are set apart and given a special meaning that boes beyond immediate existence | sacred |
patterened interaction of people in social relationships | social structure |
interaction in which individuals or groups are forced to behave in a certain way example: parents interactions with their chilcren | coercion |
religious organization that most members of society believe is legitimate | denomination |
people who subsist by manual farming, without the aid of animals or equipment | horticultural society |
People who are against the norms of the society, example: hippies in the 1960s (love, not war
) | counterculture |
social status based on ability and achievement | meritocracy |
a group that can be recognized by its distinct culture | ethnic minority |
changing social classes from one generation to the next. example: the child of an office clerk becomes a physician | intergenerational mobility |
sense of being male or female based on learned cultural values | gender identity |
the process of learning to participate in a group | socialization |
approach or theory that focuses on the interaction among people based on mutually understood symbols | symbolic interactionism |
approach or theory that emphasizes the contribution made by each part of society | functionalism |