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Sociologists believe the self is:

Created and modified through interactions with others over the course of one's lifeteractions

A theorist associated with Conflict Theory is

Karl Marx

The term ________ refers to the entire way of life of a group of people.

culture

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

dominant culture.

Symbolic Interactionism

focusses on how our behaviors are dependent on the ways we interpret, make sense of, and define ourselves, others, and social situations

What is the sociological imagination?

the ability to understand the interplay between the self and larger social forces

Theorist Max Weber expressed a pessimistic view of social forces such as work ethic, and one of his most overriding concerns was with the process of rationalization. Rationalization is:

the application of economic logic to human activity; the use of formal rules and regulations in order to maximize efficiency without consideration of subjective or individual concerns.

According to Mead, the Preparatory stage is:

the first stage of development where children mimic or imitate others

According to Mead, the third stage in Mead's theory of development of the self is:

the game stage, where children play organized games and take on the perspective of the generalized other

Microsociology is:

the level of analysis that studies face-to-face and small-group interactions in order to understand how they affect the larger patterns and structures of society

Macrosociology is:

the level of analysis that studies large-scale social structures in order to determine how they affect the lives of groups and individuals

According the Mead, the Generalized Other is:

the perspectives and expectations of a network of others - or society in general - that children learn and then take into account when shaping their own behavior)

According to Charles Cooley, the Looking-Glass self forms in three steps:

1. We imagine how our our actions look to others, 2. we imagine other people's judgment of us, and 3. we experience some kind of feeling about ourselves based on our perception of other people's judgments

The Socialization Process:

Begins in infancy and lasts throughout a lifetime

A theorist of the Structural Functionalist paradigm is

Emile Durkheim

George Herbert Mead also believed that the self is created through social interaction and:

That this process starts in childhood as children being to acquire language skills

According to Mead, the second stage of development is:

The growth stage

According to Sociologists, Socialization is:

The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of our social group, by which we become functioning members of society.

How is culture transmitted and internalized?

We learn values and beliefs slowly and incrementally.

What is it called when someone has the ability to understand another culture in terms of that culture's own norms and values without reference to any other culture's standards?

cultural relativism

Sociologists refer to the norms and values that people aspire to as ________ culture.

ideal

The Sociological paradigm of Structural Functionalism:

is based on the assumption that society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures

Socialization is primarily accomplished by:

language

Sociology can be defined as the systematic and scientific study of human society and social behavior from _________________ to _________________.

large-scale institutions; individual interactions

Folkways are

loosely enforced norms involving common customs, practices, or procedures.

What do sociologists call the norms and values that people actually follow as opposed to the norms and values that people believe should be followed?

real culture

Incarceration, a frown, and monetary fines are all examples of

sanctions.

According to Conflict Theory's view of society:

social conflict is the basis of society and social change where social inequality is the basic characteristic of society

A ________ is a kind of norm so deeply ingrained in that the very thought of violating it evokes feelings of disgust or horror.

taboo

Ethnocentrism refers to

using one's own culture as a standard by which to judge others.