-views society as a system of interdependent and interrelated parts (body) -works together to promote solidarity and stability

Conflict arises out of inequality between the owners and the workers (the haves ans haves not)- present day looking at advantaged over disadvantaged. Out of conflict comes change.

view meaning as arising through the process of social interaction; asct towards thimgs based on meaning you have for it. Micro-level empahsis.

the ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people's way of life

rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population ex) teens, cliques

A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the U.S and therefore promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions

-the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culturevs

-the practice of judging a culture by its own standards

Cultural pattterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a societyex) Amish , hippies

the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system. ex) cyber bulllying, egg/sperm donation

the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture

Believed that human development involves both biological maturation and gaining social experience. He identified 4 stages:-sensorimotor stage-preoperational stage-concrete operational stage-formal operational stage

applied Piaget's approach to stages of moral development-preconventional-conventional-postconventional

Found that gender plays an important part in moral development, with males relying more in abstract standards of rightness and females relying more on the effects of actions on relationships

The self is part of our personality and includes self-awareness and self-mage. It develops as a result of social experience.

the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media

huge impact on socialization in modern, high income societies.

a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staffex) prisons and mental hospitals

Which of the following Sociological Theories is a "micro" theory?

The study of society based on scientific observation of social behavior.

the study of society that focuses on the meanings people attach to their social world

the study of society that focuses on the need for social change

Comte, Spencer, and Durkheim were known to believe in this theory

Erving Goffman, Geroge Herbert Mead, Max Weber, George Homans, and Peter Blau were associated with this theory

Karl Marx, George Simmel, William E. DuBois, and Harriet Martineau were associated with this theory

the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern is known as

The unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern is known as

Known as norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance

The learned behaviour, shared by a social group, that provides a traditional mode of conduct. According to the American sociologist William Graham Sumner, who coined the term, folkways are social conventions that are not considered to be of moral significance by members of the group (e.g., customary behaviour for use of the telephone). The folkways of groups, like the habits of individuals, originate in the frequent repetition of acts that prove successful for satisfying basic human needs. These acts become uniform and are widely accepted.

a social position a person receives at birth and takes on involuntarily later in life

A group that is small, personal, and lasting (family and close friends) is known as your

A group that is larger, impersonal, goal-oriented, shorter duration (class or corporation) is known as

Milgram's Studies proved that people are likely to follow the lead of authority figures or even ordinary people even when it means harming another person.

The alteration of social interaction, social institutions, stratification systems, and elements of culture over time

Values, cultural norms, and social structures that transcend the individual and can exercise social control. The French sociologist Émile Durkheim defined the term, and argued that the discipline of sociology should be understood as the empirical study of social facts.

An established and organized system of social behavior with a recognized purpose

The pattern of social relationships and social institutions that make up society

The process of understanding social behavior from the point of view of those who engage it

The period in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe characterized by faith in the ability of human reason to solve society's problems

The process through which people learn the expectations of society

A process whereby a capture person identifies with the captor as a result of becoming inadvertently dependent upon the captor

The process by which existing social roles are radically altered or replaced

A theory of socialization positing that the formation of identity is a learned response to social stimuli

The idea that people's conception of self arises through reflection about their relationships to others

A variable that causes change in another variable

A variable that changes due to the influence of another variable

The spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures. These different cultures all have many diverse types of food, clothing and even languages that people love and enjoy every day.

The persistence of inequality in people's access to electronic information

Social reaction of approval or disapproval in response to someone's actions. Enforces a standard of behaviour that is deemed socially acceptable and this is essential for society to regulate itself and maintain order.

Idea that something can be understood and judged only in relationship to the cultural context in which it appears

Seeks to understand the common-sense knowledge and procedures used by members in their everyday encounters to make sense of their cultural group so that they can act appropriately and in accordance with the circumstances that they are in.

The idea that we comply in order to fuel our need to be liked or belong.

Individuals have stronger responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others.

The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

The enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group. Such as the comments section on a YouTube video.