Final Exam Flashcards
(39 cards)
Sociological imagination
An awareness of the relationship between who we are as individuals and the social forces that shape our lives.
Structural Functional
looking for the functions of things- society is made of interrelated parts that function as a
whole
Symbolic Interaction perspective
(society is the product of individuals interacting with each other according to their own
perceptions and attitudes or trying to attach meaning to what they see, hear, experience)
Conflict perspective
individuals compete for scarce resources such as power, money, prestige, control, etc.
manifest functions
An intended function
latent functions
unintended functions
Sanction
A penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.
Ethnocentrism
A tendancy to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represents the norm or are superior to others.
Cultural relativsm
The viewing of people’s people’s behavior from the perspective of one’s own culture.
cultural transmission
A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learne through social interactions.
subculture
A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.
counterculture
A subculture that deliberatly opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.
Goffman’s presentation of self
Says we are all trying to present ourselves in a certain way in our interactiosn with others.
impression management
Says we are trying to manage the way that peopel see us.
Goffman’s Dramaturgical approach
Says that we have a ront stage that we allow people to see, and a backstage that we keep hidden.
status
the social positions we occupy relative to others.
roles
Roles that difer based on your status
Ascribed status
A social position assigned to a person by society without regard of the person’s unique talents or characteristics.
reference group
Any groups that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior.
primary group
A small group characterized by intimate, face to face associating and cooperation.
social network
A series of social relationships that links individuals directly to one another, and through them indirectly to more people.
deviance
Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.
stigma
A label used to devalue members of certain social groups.
Five types of slavery
Chattel - ownership
Servile forms of marriage
child slavery
Debt bondage
Human trafficing
