Sociology Prep

Sigmund Freud’s term for society’s conscience is called the

What do we call the criteria of what is desirable or undesirable and right or wrong?

Erving Goffman’s term for the process where ppl who are interacting try to show a favorable idea of themselves is called

What is a convenience sample? A non-random sample that is used because it is quick and inexpensive to use

Movements of the hands, arms, head and other parts of the body meant to convey ideas or emotions non-verbally.

Choosing a Topic is the first step in the research process?

The most common units of analysis used in sociological studies are? Select All that Apply

Which two theories of deviance are explained using Symbolic Interactionism? 

Two or more people who regularly interact on the basis of mutual expectations and share a common identity is called?

Which refers to the social relationships and the social and physical characteristics of communities to people belong to

Which annual survey gives us a more accurate picture of crime in the United States? 

The undemocratic rule of many people by just a few who monopolize knowledge and act to advance their own positions is?

According to Peter L Berger, a theme in sociology in which the aim is to see beyond superficial understanding?

A Group Of People who lived within a defined territory and who share a culture is called?

Name the five adaptations of Robert Merton’s Strain Theory. 

A dramatic change in a person’s beliefs, values, and behavior often within a total institution is called

Name the Agents of Socializations?

Which term names the process through which individuals learn their culture and become fully human

Who stressed that a society without deviance is impossible? Emile Durkheim

What are some examples of non-material culture

The beliefs and values that children learn in school is known as the

Another name for the ruling class based on Marx and Engels’ view of capitalism is the?

The ability to appreciate the structural basis for individual problems is called the?

Which status is so important it can override other statuses a person may hold?

The problems arising when a person has to deal with competing demands on two or more roles is called

Which term refers to the procedures and ceremonies that often mark transitions in the life course? 

Which factor of adolescence can contribute to the likelihood of delinquency? 

Ethical issues arise concerning which guideline when including incarcerated people as part of a study?

According to Durkheim, deviance has several important functions for society. Name them.

A stratification system based on placement at birth with no chance of moving out of these groups is called caste system?

What do we call places that have complete control over their residents’ lives? 

The View deviance is cause by the failure to achieve American goal of financial success by conventional means of workin

The ability to influence others to do one’s bidding even if they don’t want to is called?

Utilitarianism is also called? Select All that Apply

The behavior expected of someone with a certain status is called a role.

The position one occupies in society is called ?

.A formal organization that is entered involuntarily is called a coercive organization

What do we call a status acquired at some time after birth, through one’s own efforts because of good or bad luck

What do we call a group in an experiment that does NOT experience the experimental condition?

In the summary of societal development, as societies grew wealthier,there was a higher degree of conflict and inequality

A leader whose main focus is to achieve group goals and accomplish group tasks is called an?

A model of decision making made popular by the Quakers calls for all group members to agree is called?

Which factors can influence your social network? 

The rankings of people based on wealth and other resources a society values are called social stratification?

The functionalist perspective of deviance is explained by both?

According to a conflict theorist, stratification results from a lack of ?

Who made the famous remark about religion being “the opiate of the masses”?

What is the name for the smallest group? 

Which founder of sociology wrote that it’s major goal was to reveal and explain “inconvenient facts?

Is Analyzed data gathered through a questionnaire called quantitative data?

Analyzed data gathered through observation and/or intensive interviewing are qualitative data?

A small group with extensive interaction lasting over time is called a primary group

Roles assist us in socialization in that we become familiar with the behavior expected and act accordingly.

Examples of material culture include

When social norms are unclear, a state of normlessness exists otherwise called?

The view that language influences the thoughts and perceptions of people in a society is called

To judge another culture by the standards of our own, the belief that our own culture is superior to another culture is

Which perspective focuses on the meanings people gain from social interaction?

What do we call the degree to which people succeed in life in such areas as education, income and health? 

The most important norms considered very important

What is the view that certain characteristics of neighborhood influence the likelihood of committing deviance and crime?

Formal norms are also called mores or laws

Which group feels they are competing for various kinds of rewards?

What is the statement of the relationship between two variables?

The scientific study of social behavior and social institutions is called?

What do we call the variations in the elements of culture from one society to the next?

Who made a famous statement explaining the meaning of the relativity of deviance?

What is the term for things that stand for something else and can evoke various reactions and emotions

A functionalist sees stratification as both necessary and inevitable?

What do we call the acquisition and display of lavish product by wealthy people that show off their wealth? 

An encounter designed to humiliate an individual is called a

What do we call a nonrandom sample that is used because it is relatively quick and inexpensive to obtain? 

Max Weber said that class systems are based on three dimensions: wealth, power and prestige?

This term is used for those children who have been extremely socially isolated

What do we call leadership that allows a group to function on its own?

Name the steps in the scientific method? Select All That Apply

The part of sociology that deals with issues involving large-scale social change and social institutions?

Which term refers to standards of behavior that are considered less important, but still influence how we behave?

The status that someone is born with and has no control over is known as an ascribed status.?

What might happen if a person doesn’t conform to the behavior of a particular role? 

How a society prevents and sanctions behavior that violates social norms is called?

This system allows for a relatively high degree of social mobility?

A formal organization with features designed to achieve goals in the most efficient way possible is called a?

The analysis of data from existing records is called ?

The revealin by an employee of organizational practice that the employee believes to be illegal and/or immoral is called

Which perspective favors social change to reduce inequality? 

The ownership of people is called slavery?

in early 20^th century maintained that certain categories of people were biologically inferior and should be sterilize

The measures of socioeconomic status are based on occupation, education, and income?

What do we call the belief that people's social background influence their attitudes, behavior and life chances?

Expert Authorities include? Select All That Apply

When they play sports and games, older children take on the role of the ?

During early childhood, which agent of socialization is considered most important?

Charles Cooley term for 1 aspect of the process we gain a understanding of our self-image and self-identity is called

A term used interchangeably with vertical social structure is?

A society with no social stratification would be called a classless society?

Our knowledge and understanding of what we know is usually gained which sources of information? SATP

Which sociologist was responsible for the idea of the sociological perspective? 

Whose experiment highlighted extreme behaviors exhibited in prisons?

The use of more frequent arrests and more certain and severe incarceration begun in the early 1970’s was called ?

While American schools foster competition, Japanese schools foster cooperation?

While American schools foster competition, Japanese schools foster cooperation?

Although we worry more on conventional crime, white collar crime harm the public more in terms of death, financial costs

What do we call ways of communication that do not involve talking? 

1.The failure to possess class consciousness is called false consciousness

=What do we call behavior that violates criminal laws?  Crime

Informal norms are also called folkways or customs

According to the labeling theory, labeling someone deviant increases the chances that the labeled person will commit

The tendency of group to remain silent and go along with other group members against their better judgement is called

Societies that raise livestock as their primary source of food are ?

Which researcher prove that people are quite willing to obey authority figures even if it means inflictin pain on them?