Sociology Exam 1

Economic system where natural resources and producing goods and services are privately owned

Theorist that studied —Human Cognition – how people think and understand

—Compared moral developments of boys and girls

—Moral Development in 3 stages; pre-conventional, conventional, post-conventional stages

Political system in which a single family rules from generation to generation

—Social experiences that make us who we are.

Theorist who studied the —Theory of Psychoanalysis, id, ego and superego

Level of analysis that represents the small social patterns 

—Sociology’s point of view of general patterns of society —in the lives of particular people.

Commodities ranging from necessities to luxury items

—Eight Stages of Development; from infancy to old age

—A political system that gives power to the people as a whole.

—Economic system where natural resources, producing goods and services are collectively owned.

Systemic study of human society, and how people function throughout society.

—Complex system whose parts work together; solidarity and stability

Theory of Social Behaviorism; belief in self-awareness and self-image

For most people,this is the most important agent of socialization 

Activities that benefit people (services from teachers, doctors, priests

—Social group that has the same interests, age group or social position

The means for delivering impersonal communication to a large number of people