Sociology Exam 1

Sociology that believes the social world can be described and predicted by certain descriable relationships

Change in one factor results in a corresponding change in another

Understanding

Sense of normelessness

a pre-existing set of social arrangements that individuals enter into birth and which endure (culture, organizations, etc.)

ways in which individuals create society and social life

We create society but we are created by it

institutions , organizations and culture

everydat activities , face-to-face interactions

2 aspect of social life that are irrelated

A set of ideas about how specific important social needs are met

the study of human society

the most basic, intimate aspects of an individuals seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces

looking at yourself through someone else's eyes

a set of stories we tell ourselves

network ties

a grand narrative that unifies

what drives history

the idea that conflict between competing interest the basic , animating force of social change and social in general

the idea that society is like a living organism

explicit

hidden

social institutions and processes in society exist to serve some important or necessary function to keep society running

the process of assigning a precise method for measuring a term being examined for use in a particular study

measures what you intended it to

how likely you are to obtain the same result using the same measure next time

the extent to which we can claim that our findings inform us about a group larger than the one we studied

everything apart of physical environment

values, beliefs , behaviors , and social norms

system of concepts , relationships , and understanding of cause and effect

sense of superiority in the context of cultural practices

taking into account differences across cultures without passing judgement or passing values

Modes of behavior and understandings that are not universal or natural

the distinct cultural values and behavioral patterns of a particular group in society

moral beliefs

how values tell us to behave

learn how to be functioning member of society

Institutions that control all the basics of day-to-day life

the process by which one's sense of social value belief and norms are reengineered

One status within a set that stands or overrides all others

status into which one enters

status into which one is born

all the statuses one holds simultaneously

the duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status

incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status

Viewing social life as a theatrical performance

the ways in which we make sense of our world, convey this understanding to others and produce shared social order

limited in the number of members allowing face-to-face interaction

groups marked by impersonal instrumental relationship

a group that helps us understand or make sense of our position in society relative to other groups

powerful group , most often the majority

less powerful usually the minority