Unit 1 Study Guide

An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need

Combined empirical research with sociological theory

A system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state are decided by the people.

A characteristic quality of the relationship between members of a particular family

Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations

The groups people belong to because of their place or position in history and society

Understanding that other cultures have their own values, beliefs, norms, practices, music, art, etc.,

Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, and desirable or undesirable

The ideas and accepted tenets of any religion

Consists of material and nonmaterial products that people create

Developing and testing theories about the social world based on empirical evidence

Father of sociology

Explored survival of the fittest and social Darwinism

Specific culture patterns that are practiced by a subset of a culture or society

Anything that represents something else

An item that holds value over time and can be exchanged for other things

Group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and a feeling of unity.

The view that one's own culture and group is superior to that of others

Communism; He developed the conflict theory

Physical objects and the rules for using them

A cluster of interrelated cultural traits

Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system

A combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelated whole

Culture patterns that oppose or run counter to the dominant cultural traditions of a society

Often reinforce family connections - through visits or exchanging cards/gifts

An economic and political system in which a country's trade & industry are controlled by private owners for profit