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People Intro to Sociology Culture Socialization Potpourri

Question 1

Created the NAACP

Answer 1

W.E.B. Dubois

Question 2

Known for their work at the Hull House

Answer 2

Jane Addams

Question 3

Urged people to get back to social reform

Answer 3

C. Wright Mills

Question 4

Believed society was in a struggle between the bourgeoisie and

proletariat

Answer 4

Karl Marx

Question 5

These two people worked together 1-identified the importance of social integration

to the development of the self2-believed religion was the central force in

social change

Answer 5

1-Emile Durkheim2-Max Weber

Question 6

Founder of sociology and coined the term

Answer 6

Auguste Comte

Question 7

Who Believed in the survival of the fittest and what did they call that

view

Answer 7

Herbert SpencerSocial Darwinism

Question 8

What two events contributed the greatest to the development of

sociology?

Answer 8

American Revolution and The French Revolution

Question 9

Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social

context

Answer 9

Sociological Perspective

Question 10

What are the three theoretical perspectives and how they look at the

world

Answer 10

Symbolic-look at the world through symbols

Functionalist-All parts of the society are essential and work together

Conflict-there is a struggle for resources between the rich and the poor

Question 11

The standares by which people define what is desirable or undesirable, good, or bad, beautiful or ugly

Answer 11

Values

Question 12

What is the difference between mores and folkways?

Answer 12

Mores: norms that are strictly enforced because they are thought essential to core

values or the well being of the group. Folkways: norms that are not strictly

enforced.

Question 13

What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?

Answer 13

Material culture: jewelry, hairstyles, clothing, etc.

Nonmaterial culture: norms, beliefs, ideas, values, language, sanctions, etc

Question 14Americans glorify academic progress and material success. However, most students

do not graduate with honors and most citizens are not wealthy. This condition

characterizes the difference between________ and __________.

Answer 14

Ideal culture vs real culture

Question 15

Why is language so significant to culture?

Answer 15

Allows human experience to be goal-directed, cooperative, and cumulativeSaphir-Whorf: language shapes our

thoughts and perceptions

Question 16

Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms

Answer 16

Cultural Relativism

Question 17

The term to describe a situation in which nonmaterial culture changes

slower than material culture was____________.

Answer 17

Cultural Lag

Question 18

Cultures have become more similar to each other as a result of travel and communication. Sociologist use the

term, _________ to describe this process.

Answer 18

Cultural leveling

Question 19

1. The Smiths are going to buy their children toys. They buy Johnny a

Tonka Truck and Susie a Barbie Doll. Their selection of toys for their

children is an example of _______ by parent.

Answer 19

Gender socialization

Question 20

Sociologists emphasize the notions that our thinking and motivation are largely determined by________?

Answer 20

Influences drawn from out life experiences such as social location

and time period we were born

Question 21

The use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of

other individuals or societies

Answer 21

Ethnocentric

Question 22

What is the longest lasting show on TV?

Answer 22

Monday Night RAW

Question 23

Identify the terms: the self as subject and the self as object

Answer 23

“I”“ME”

Question 24

What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative research

methods?

Answer 24

Quantitative: emphasis is placed on measurement, statistics, and numbers

Qualitative: emphasis is placed on observing, describing, and

interpreting people’s behavior

Question 25Put the following in order:

a. Sharing the resultsb. Formulating hypothesis

c. Selecting a topicd. Analyzing the results

e. Reviewing the literaturef. Collecting the data

g. Choosing a research methodh. Defining the problem

Answer 25c. Selecting a topic

h. Defining the probleme. Reviewing the literatureb. Formulating hypothesis

g. Choosing a research methodf. Collecting the data

d. Analyzing the resultsa. Sharing the results