White ethnics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociological Imagination - Answer- the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Verstehen - Answer- German; understanding. The concept of Verstehen forms the object of inquiry for interpretive sociology-- to study how social actors understand their actions and the social world through experience. Double Consciousness - Answer- two behavioral scripts, one for moving through the world and the other inco...

Sociological Imagination - Correct Answer-the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individuals life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history The Chicago School - Correct Answer-the emergence of American sociology was characterize by (focused empirical research) , applied perspective, and was best embodied by what came to be referred as "Chicago School) named fo...

Formal Sanctions - ANSWER mechanisms of social control by which rules or laws prohibit deviant criminal behavior; sanctions are formal, overt "expressions of official group sentiment" Informal Social Sanctions - ANSWER the usually unexpressed but widely know rules of group membership; unspoken rules of social life; unwritten rules of social life; we are all simultaneously enforcing the rules of society and having them enforced upon us; We can recognize good behavior and sanction bad behavio...

SOCS 350N Week 2 Quiz One: Question / Answers (TCOs 1 & 2) The existence of a wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society is . Student Answer: marginalizati on culture cultural diversity culturally different cultural diffusion Instructor Week 1 Flash Cards Explanation: Points Received: 4 of 4 Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCOs 1 & 2) A category of people distinguished from the dominant society on the basis of distinctive and identifiable cultural characteristics is ...

1. Opening up clear and direct communication among the participants and helping them assume increasing responsibility for the group's direction is defined as a. suggesting b. facilitating c. goal setting d. giving backAns: B 2. Appraising the ongoing group process and the individual and group dynam- ics is defined as a. blocking b. facilitating c. evaluating d. interpretingAns: C 3. Offering possible explanations for certain thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behavior is defined as...

Feminism Theory - ANSWER Emphasizes equality between men and women and want to see women's lives and experiences represented in sociological studies. Symbolic Interaction Theory - ANSWER The micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions. Mirco vs. Macro Sociology - ANSWER Mirco= face-to-face interactions create the social world Macro= big theories of society Qualitative vs. Quantitative Sociology - ANSWER...

NURS 661 Exam 2, question and answer latest updated Opening up clear and direct communication among the participants and helping them assume increasing responsibility for the group's direction is defined as a. suggesting b. facilitating c. goal setting d. giving back B Appraising the ongoing group process and the individual and group dynamics is defined as a. blocking b. facilitating c. evaluating d. interpreting C Offering possible explanations for certain thoughts, fe...

Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition Joseph F. Healey Test Bank Chapter 2: Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics

Race - ANSWER-a group of people who share a set of characteristics—typically, but not always, physical ones— and are said to share a common bloodline Racism - ANSWER-the belief that members of separate races possess different and unequal traits Scientific racism - ANSWER-nineteenth-century theories of race that characterize a period of feverish investigation into the origins, explanations, and classifications of race Ethnocentrism - ANSWER-the belief that one's own culture or group...

Week 8: Final Exam - SOCS 350 Final Exam Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) The key to social dominance lies primarily with control over . (Points : 5) voters major social institutions the military universities Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) Members of a society whose cultural understandings are different from one another and from the dominant culture are called . (Points : 5) an ethnic group a race White ethnics culturally different Question 3.3. (TCOs 3 and...