sociology

who was given for the coining the term sociology

Auguste comete

____ is the approach to punishment that relies on the threat of harsh penalities to discourage people form committing crimes?

Deterrence

when a driver honks at the driver of another vehicle for some violation of traffic laws, the honk is an example of

a negative sanction

media, family, peers, and schools are considered to be

angents of socialization

How is language important

communication

____ argues that punishments for rule violators are unequally distrbuted in society

conflict theory

The spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one group to another is known as

cultural diffusion

the term ____ refers to the entire way of life a group

culture

what is the term for when people experience a sense of disorientation upon enterning a new enviroment?

culture shock

Name 3 things or aspects of society that you will look at

culture, social interacyion, and impact of homelessness

when a person uses electronic or social media to tease, harass, threaten, or humiliate someone, it is referred to as

cyberbulling

A behavior, trait, or belief is considered ______ if it departs from a norm and results in a negative reaction

deviant

The values, norms, and practices of the most powerful group within a society are called

dominant culture

What is the theoretical statment explaining the relationship between two or more phenomena?

hypothesis

What is IRB

-Group of people that help determine if an experiment is ethical and offer opinions on how the subject is -Insure research protected -Determine if the experiment is ethical

3 paradox

-Structural functionalis -Conflict theory -Symbolic interactionalism

main points

1.Society is like a machine, if one gear, people follow norms and rules so that people can interact smoothly, people understand things together, on the same page . They want a stable society, 2.Society doesnt change or develop without conflict, you challange the staus quo, challege inequality to see change. 3.Symbols and interaction , we apply meaning towards things, the intercatins we have with our family can impact way about learning certain things, i

what is agency?

Ability of the individual to act freely and independently.

which theory argues that we learn to be deviant from our peers?

Differential Association Theory

in functionalist theory, what is a disturbance to or undersirbale consequence of some aspect of the social system?

Dysfunction

what is erving goffmans dramaturgical approach to presentation of self?

People are seen as theatrical performers.

What irman Rothmans dramatically approach

People interact with theatrical performers when they interact with each other depending on the person

which paradigm discusses how a stable system of structures contribute to the equilibrium of society as a whole?

Structural Functionalism

which theory poses the notion that the self devleops through our percpection of others evaluations and appraisals of us?

The Looking-Glass Self Theory

according to sigmund freuds theoretical perspective, the parts of the mind are

The id, ego and superego

in the united states, norms are usually formalized into

law

sociological studies that focus on large-scale phenonmena that impact group and indivduals fall under the scope of

macrosociology

a set of assumptions, tehories and perspectives that make up a way of understanding social reality is an

paradigm

which step in labeling theory describes the initial act or attitude that causes one to be labeled deviant?

primary deviance

what research works with nonnumerical data such as texts, field notes, interview, transcripts and photographs

qualitative research

a social scientist would be likely to study the

reasons for the decreasing divorce rate in the united states

what are the members of the target population who will actually be studied

sample

_____ identify the means of enforcing norms that include postibe and negantive versions

sanctions

according to C. Wright Mills, what is one quality of mind that all great sociologists posses

sociological imagination

which paradigm suggests that language and symbols offer a powerful way for individuals to interact with each other?

symbolic interactionism

the term, social control, refers to

the formal and informal mechanisms used to increase conformity in society.