Sociology - bvick Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| science that studies human society | Sociology |
| believed that society's structure is heavily influenced by how the economy is organized; his idea greatly influenced the field of sociology; the Conflict Perspective follow after the tradition of this man | Karl Marx |
| 1st sociologist to apply the methods of science to the study of society and test with statistical analysis ;saw society as a group of interdependent parts; saw shared beliefs and values as the glue that holds society together; interested religions role | Emile Durkheim |
| more interested in groups within society than the social whole; analyzed the effects of society on the individual; Verstehen | Max Weber |
| a founder of the interactionist perspective; role-taking forms the basis of our socialization process based on his concept of significant others and generalized others | George Herbert Mead |
| conflict theorist who advocated for research based on minority perspective; concept of the "talented tenth" | W.E.B. Du Bois |
| network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction | social structure |
| shared products of human groups. These products include both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group. | culture |
| A detailed analysis of a person or group, especially as a model of medical, psychiatric, psychological, or social phenomena. An exemplary or cautionary model; an instructive example. | case study |
| pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities. | qualitative research |
| of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.(with number evidence) | quantitative research |
| shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable | values |
| shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations | norms |
| a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position. | socialization |
| social group that rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them was a new set of cultural patterns. | counterculture |
| a group having social, economic, ethnic, or other traits distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within the same culture or society. | subculture |
| tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups | ethnocentrism |
| conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates us from other members of society | self-concept |
| interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others | looking-glass self |
| the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely | media |
| behavior that violates significant social norms | deviance |
| the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming | addiction |
| situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable | anomie |
| states that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime. | strain theory |
| theoretical perspective that focuses on those forces in society that promote competition and change | conflict theory |
| Behaving in a manner that violates the social or legal norms of society. | antisocial |
| the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. | genetics |
| group of people who share a common time of birth of a defined period.Thus a group of people who were born on a day or in a particular period, say 1948, form a birth cohort. The comparison group may be the general population from which the cohort is drawn | birth cohorts |
| ranking of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to scarce resources and social rewards | social stratification |
| grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige | social class |
| status assigned according to the standards that are beyond a person's control. (Age, sex, family heritage, and race are examples) | ascription |
| status acquired by an individual on the basis of some special skill, knowledge, or ability | achievement |
| movement within or between social classes and occupations, the change occurring from one generation to the next | intergenerational social mobility |
| specific behaviors and attitudes that a society establishes for men and women | gender roles |
| category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who are perceived by others as being a distinct group | race |
| set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group | ethnicity |
| unsupported generalization about a category of people | prejudice |
| denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership | discrimination |
| family form that consists of one or both parents and their children | nuclear family |
| a family that includes children of a previous marriage of one spouse or both | blended family |
| shift from being an independent adult to being dependent on other for physical or financial support | dependency |
| concentration of the population in cities | urbanization |
| norms that have great moral significance attached to them | mores (MORE-ayz) |
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