Sociology test 3

An individual who significantly influences someone else, is known as

Areas that have less crime, better support systems, and stronger ties among others, known as?

Transitional adulthood is also known as

the process of learning new norms, values, and behaviors, is known as

Which is an example of a total institution?

Instruments of communication that can reach large audiences are known as

The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is __

What theory explains how global stratification developed?

A major characteristic of the class system that allows movement up and down the class ladder is 

Books, films, the Internet, and newspapers are all examples of what?

Which of the following societies would slavery be least likely to exist?

People who are the same age, and linked by common interests, are known as

who developed the idea of role taking?

what are the two types of resocialization?

which term makes us human?

The period of life b/w high school and taking adult responsibilities are known as

After years of being exploited by the capitalist class, Marx predicted that workers would eventually 

 According to Gaetano Mosca, every society is stratified by __ to ensure that society’s work gets done

economic system based on investing to make profits that is dominating the global system?

The ability to control others, even over their objections, is referred to 

The unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves from the outside, refers to which term

a primary group composed of individuals roughly the same age?

Based on the global stratification model adopted by Henslin, nations of the former Soviet Union are known as

The control of the Least Industrialized Nations by the Industrialized Nations through debts owed to them is refer

the life course is known as?

The First Nations to develop industrial capitalism are known as?

A setting in which people r isolated from the rest of society for a period of time, which term

Nations that were left out of the development of industrial capitalism is known as?

Karl Marx would argue that workers experience __ when they mistakenly identify with the capitalists

A belief that justifies the way things are, such as explaining the monarchy as “the divine right of kings,” is __

The sociologist who believed social class is actually made up of three components, property, power, and prestige was 

Unintentional lessons that students learn at school are known as

India’s case system was based 

John Locke coined which term?

A system of beliefs that justifies a particular social arrangement such as slavery as slavery is called 

What are the four agents of socialization that we discussed in class?

Which of the following is a social invention?

A form of the caste system that, until recently, was legal in South Africa was called 

the spontaneous, self-interested, and active part of the self, is known as?

People and groups that influence our orientation, our self-concept, and behavior are called