Sociology Final Exam Study guide
Sociology Final Exam Study guide
Theory & Research Methods Terms:
Sociological perspective
Social Location
Positivism
Social Darwinism
Emile Durkheim & Social Integration
Basic/pure sociology
Applied sociology
Theory
Symbolic Interactionism
Functional analysis
Latent and manifest functions
Conflict Theory
Hypothesis
Variable
Operational Definition
Validity
Reliability
Population
Sample
Random Sample
Experiment
Experiment group
Control Group
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Culture Terms:
Culture
Material Culture
Non-Material Culture
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Relativism
Positive Sanction
Negative Sanction
Folkways
Mores
Taboo
Subculture
Counterculture
paternalism
colonialism
forced assimilation
Socialization Terms:
Social environment
Socialization
Looking glass self
Mead and Role Taking
Generalized Other
Agents of Socialization
Anticipatory Socialization
Resocialization
Leader types & Social Support Terms:
Primary group
Secondary group
In-group
Out-group
Reference group
Social network
Dyad
Triad
Leader
Instrumental leader
Expressive leader
Authoritarian leader
Democratic leader
Laizzez-faire leader
Be familiar with the Stanford prison study
Groupthink
Deviance Terms:
Deviance
Stigma
Social order
Negative sanction
Positive sanction
Genetic predisposition
Differential Association theory
Control theory
Labeling theory
Medicalization
Social Class Terms:
Social mobility
Colonialism
Culture of poverty
Meritocracy
Means of production
Social Class
Status consistency
Status inconsistency
Sex & Gender Terms:
Sex
Gender
Patriarchy
Feminism
Glass ceiling
Glass escalator
Hegemonic masculinity
Sexual harassment
Gender as a process, stratification system & institution
Race & Ethnicity Terms:
Race
Ethnicity
Discrimination
Racism
Prejudice
Contact theory
Individual discrimination
Institution discrimination
Selective perception
Assimilation
Multiculturalism
