SOCIOLOGY

SEMESTER FINAL STUDY GUIDE

 

Chapter 1:An Invitation to Sociology

sociology, social dynamics, social statics, symbolic interactionism, conflict perspective, functionalism, symbol, verstehen, sociological perspective, positivism, Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Jane Addams, Harriet Martineau

 

Chapter 2:Sociologists Doing Research

causation, correlation, hypothesis, survey, independent variable, dependent variable, population, representative sample, secondary analysis, sociology�s code of ethics

 

Chapter 3:Culture

culture, society, beliefs, norms, values, formal sanctions, folkways, mores, laws, counterculture

 

Chapter 4:Socialization

socialization, desocialization, resocialization, anticipatory socialization, self-concept, looking-glass self, hidden curriculum, peer group, total institutions, reference group

 

Chapter 5:Social Structure in Society

social structure, role, role conflict, role strain, status, achieved status, ascribed status, master status, rights, obligations

 

Chapter 6:Groups and Formal Organizations

group, primary group, secondary group, in-group, out-group, social exchange, conformity, formal organization, bureaucracy, iron law of oligarchy

 

Chapter 7:Deviance and Social Control

deviance, primary deviance, secondary deviance, stigma, white-collar crime, recidivism, rehabilitation, differential association theory, strain theory, deterrence

 

Chapter 8:Social Stratification

absolute poverty, relative poverty, social class, social mobility, horizontal/vertical/intergenerational mobility, wealth, income, power, prestige

 

Chapter 11:The Family

nuclear/blended family, matri/patrilineal, bilateral, matri/patri/neolocal, matri/patriarchy, mono/exo/endo/homo/heterogamy, polygamy, polygyny, polyandry