Sociology Review Sheet
Sociological Perspective:
1. sociology
2. see the general in particular
3. seeing the strange in the familiar
4. Societal changes that spark the sociological perspective
5. Theoretical paradigm
6. Manifest/latent functions
7. Structural-functional paradigm
8. Conflict paradigm
9. Symbolic-interaction
Culture :
10. Culture/culture shock
11. Symbol
12. Values, norms, mores, folkways, beliefs
13. Taboo
14. Proscriptive and prescriptive norms
15. Ideal culture/ real culture
16. Multiculturalism
17. Subculture
18. Ethnocentrism
19. Cultural relativism
Socialization:
20. Nature/nurture
21. Feral Children
22. Isolated Children
23. Deprived animals
24. Socialization throughout the lifecourse
25. Freud: id, ego, and superego
26. Mead, self
27. Piaget and reasoning
28. Cooley, “looking glass self”
Groups and Conformity:
29. Milgram Study: conformity
30. Stanford Prison Experiment
31. Asch Experiment
32. Total institution
33. Social group
34. Primary/ secondary groups
35. Expressive leadership
36. Instrumental leadership
37. laissez-faire leader
38. Reference group
39. Ingroup/outgroup
Social Structure:
40. Macrosociology/Microsociology
41. Status
42. Status set
43. Achieved, ascribed status
44. Role
45. Master status
46. Role conflict
47. Role expectation
48. Role exit
49. Role strain
Deviance:
50. Stigma
51. Hate crime
52. Crime against property, the person
53. Victimless crime
54. Retribution
55. Deterrence
56. Rehabilitation
Race and Ethnicity:
57. Minorities
58. Dominant group
59. Theories of prejudice
60. Prejudice
61. Scapegoating
62. Discrimination
63. Assimilation
64. Affirmative action
65. institutionalized discrimination
66. Segregation
Sex and Gender:
67. Gender roles: Biology or culture
68. Patriarchy/ matriarchy
69. Sexism
70. Glass ceiling
71. Pay gap
72. How females became a minority group
73. Violence against women globally
Family:
74. Marriage
75. Family Lifecourse
76. Nuclear, extended family
77. Exogamy, endogamy
78. Monogamy, polygamy
79. Romantic love
80. Divorce
81. Homogamy
82. Ideal, real marriage
83. Cohabitation
Religion:
84. Functions of Religion
85. Cult, sect, ecclesia, church, domination
86. Symbolic interactionist perspective
87. Dysfunctions of religion
88. Conflict btn religion and culture
Education:
89. Social benefits of education
90. Mandatory education law
91. Hidden curriculum
92. Functional illiteracy
93. Mainstreaming
Collective behavior:
94. Collectivity
95. Types of crowds, acting, casual, conventional, protest, expressive
96. Mob
97. Riot
98. Mass behavior
99. Rumor
100. Panic
101. Mass hysteria
102. Fashion: industrial societies
103. Social movements: types, goals
104. Urban legends
105. Social change