Sociology Exam

These flash cards are for the use of defining culture, and roles played in society through different gender roles. Sociology is a social science, and is being tested with these flash cards.

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What is symbolic interactionism?
Symbols to which we attach meaning too and they are the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate to one another. For example: marriage and divorce. This is seen as MICRO.
Sociological imagination?
The idea that you put your own personal experiences into a large macro level.
Participant Observation?
Including one's self in the experiment.
Sociolization?
How society shapes life, and how we become a member of a social group.
Role Distance?
That human behavior is guided through the expectations held by the individual and by other people.
Occupational Prestige?
Doctors, Lawyers, and High Paying Jobs
Norms?
General behaviors accepted by society.
Agents Of Socialization?
Media, Family, Economy, and Peers.
Micro Vs. Macro Level?
Small scaled patterns compared to large scaled patterns.
Valid?
Well grounded in logic and truth.
Reliability?
How you measure your sources.
Culture?
Beliefs and values are passed down from one generation to the next.
Culture Shock?
The experience people go through when they come into contact with a fundamentally different culture.
Ethnocentrism?
Judging one's culture based on their own.
Material Vs. Nonmaterial Culture?
Tangibles Vs. Beliefs and Values.