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SOC 202 NCSU Final ExamTerms - Riel test questions and
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individualistic explanation - answer Tendency to attribute people's
achievements and failures to their personal qualities
macrolevel - answer way of examining human life that focuses on the
broad social forces and structural features of society that exist above the
level of individual people
microlevel - answer way of examining human life that focuses on the
immediate, everyday experiences of individuals
sociological imagination - answer Ability to see the impact of social
forces on our private lives
sociology - answer The systematic study of human society
achieved status - answer A social position a person takes on voluntarily
that reflects personal ability and effort
ascribed status - answer A social position assigned to a person at birth
by society without regard for the person's unique talents or
characteristics. (or taken on involuntarily in life)
conflict perspective - answer theoretical perspective that views the
structure of society as a source of inequality that always benefits some
groups at the expense of other groups
,culture - answer the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and
even material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one
generation to the next
feminist perspective - answer theoretical perspective that focuses on
gender as the most important source of conflict and inequality in social
life
globalization - answer process through which people's lives all around
the world become economically, politically, environmentally, and culturally
interconnected
group - answer set of people who interact more or less regularly and who
are conscious of their identity as a unit
in-groups - answer the groups to which we belong and toward which we
feel a sense of loyalty
latent functions - answer the unrecognized and unintended
consequences of any social pattern
manifest functions - answer the recognized and intended consequences
of activities designed to help some part of the social system
norm - answer culturally defined standard or rule of conduct
organization - answer large, complex network of positions created for a
specific purpose and characterized by a hierarchical division of labor
out-groups - answer the groups to which we don't belong and toward
which we feel a certain amount of antagonism
primary groups - answer collection of individuals who are together for a
relatively long period, whose members have direct contact with and feel
emotional attachment to one another
, role - answer set of expectations- rights, obligations, behaviors, duties-
associated with a particular status
role conflict - answer frustration people feel when the demands of one
role they are expected to fulfill clash with the demands of another role
role strain - answer situations in which people lack the necessary
resources to fulfill the demands of a particular role
secondary group - answer relatively impersonal collection of individuals
that is established to perform a specific task
social institutions - answer Stable set of roles, statuses, groups, and
organizations—such as the institutions of education, family, politics,
religion, health care, or the economy—that provides a foundation for
behavior in some major area of social life
society - answer a population of people living in the same geographic
area who share a culture and a common identity and whose members are
subject to the same political authority
status - answer any named social position that people can occupy
structural-functionalist perspective - answer theoretical perspective that
posits that social institutions are structured to maintain stability and
order in society
Symbol - answer anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbolic Interactionism - answer theoretical perspective that explains
society and social structure through an examination of the microlevel,
personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs, or groups
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