SOC Final Vocab Review

The ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources.

• Self Concept

• Stratification

• Sanctions

• Socialization

A group of people who are emotionally close, know one another well, & seek one another's company.

• Primary Group

• Minority

• Secondary Group

• Social Class

An expected behavior associated with a particular status.

• Stereotype

• Survey

• Race

• Role

A position a person occupies within a social structure.

• Social Class

• Secondary Group

• Minority

• Status

A distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people.

• Self Concept

• Culture

• Stereotype

• Sociology

The knowledge, values, customs, & physical objects that are shared by members of a society.

• Culture

• Stereotype

• Norms

• Stratification

A group of people who share only part of their lives while focusing on a goal or task.

• Social Class

• Secondary Group

• Primary Group

• Minority

A group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in society.

• Social Class

• Primary Group

• Secondary Group

• Minority

Rules defining appropriate & inappropriate behavior. Three types: folkways, mores, & laws.

• Race

• Culture

• Sanctions

• Norms

Rewards & punishments used to encourage people to follow (conform to) norms.

• Sanctions

• Sociology

• Stereotype

• Stratification