Sociology Final Straighterline

Sociology - Answer- scientific study of patterns and processes of social life in all its major areas Theoretical Frameworks of Sociology - Answer- Functionalist Conflict Interactionist Sociological Imagination - Answer- awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society Socialization - Answer- process of social interaction by which people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behaviors agents of socialization - Answer- family, peers, school, mass media Sociological Theory - Answer- a set of ideas that explains a range of human behavior and a variety of social and societal events Culture - Answer- social heritage of a people - learned patterns of thinking, feeling and acting passed on to generations (customs) society - Answer- A community of people who share a common culture Culture in Flux - Answer- Subculture - Answer- A group whose members participate in the main culture of a society while simultaneously sharing a number of unique values, norms, traditions, and lifestyles. Counterculture - Answer- A sub- culture whose norms and values are substantially at odds with those of the larger society. Ethnocentrism - Answer- Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. role - Answer- a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave Statuses - Answer- positions in society that are used to classify individuals Groups - Answer- 2 or more people unified by patterns of social interaction social structure - Answer- The interweaving of people's interactions and relationships in more or less recurrent and stable patterns.