Sociology Final
Study Guide
History & Theories
Who was Karl Marx?
Who was Herbert Spencer?
Who was Max Weber?
What were the theories and beliefs of Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, and Max Weber?
Culture & Norms
What is a subculture? Give two examples
What is a counterculture? Give two examples
How are cultural traits spread from one society to another?
What is ethnocentrism?
What is a norm?
What is a folkway? Give two examples
What is a more? Give two examples
What is a law? Give two examples
What is a taboo? Give two examples
Social Structures, Roles & Groups
What are positive and negative sanctions? Give two examples of each
What are formal and informal sanctions? Give two examples of each
What is an ascribed status and an achieved status? Give two examples of each
What is the expected behavior of someone occupying a particular status called?
What is the difference between an adolescent and adolescence?
What is a sex?
What is gender?
What are gender roles?
What is gender identity?
What is androgyny?
Social Control & Deviance
What is a stigma?
What is deviance?
What is a deviant?
What are the 5 different types of crime? Give two examples of each
What is a crime syndicate?
What is police discretion?
What is the definition of crime?
What are the three parts of the criminal justice system?
What are the four basic functions of the corrections system?
What is parole?
What is recidivism?
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Social Stratification
What is social stratification?
What is a caste system and class system?
What is social class?
What is ascribed status and achieved status?
What are a person’s assets and income?
What is SES?
Race, Discrimination & Stereotypes
What is race?
What is ethnicity?
What is an ethnic group?
What is a minority group?
What is legal discrimination and institutionalized discrimination? Give two examples of each
What is a stereotype?
What is an active bigot?
What is a timid bigot?
What is a fair-weather liberal?
What is an all-weather liberal?
Institutions
What is monogamy?
What is polygamy, polygyny, and polygamy?
What is homogamy and heterogamy?
What are patriarchal, matriarchal, and egalitarian?
What is patrilineal, matrilineal, and bilateral descent?
What is a family, extended family, and kinship?
What defines family of orientation and family of procreation?
What are the functions of a family?
What is a ritual?
What is animism, shamanism, totemism?
What are theism, monotheism, and polytheism?
What are ecclesia, denomination, sect, and cult?
What are the functions of religion?
Collective Behavior, Rumors & Urban Legends
What is collective behavior?
What is a crowd?
What are the five types of crowds? Give one example of each
What is a mob?
What is a riot?
What is panic, moral panic and mass hysteria?
What are the three steps in rumor transmission?
What two factors are important in rumor transmission?
Give two examples of rumors that were given in class.
What is fashion? Give two examples
What is a fad? Give two examples
What is a craze? Give two examples
What is an urban legend?
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