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Cards in this set: Term culture consists of? Definition language, beliefs, values, norms and behaviors passed down from generations Term cultural lag Definition not all parts of culture change at the same time Term cultural leveling Definition when cultures start to become similar to each other Term cultural diffusion Definition the spreading of cultures to other cultures Term value contradictions Definition values in one culture contradict each other...group superiority and equality Term culture shock Definition bewilderment when experiencing a new and foreign culture Term valuee cluster Definition when values form a cluster and becomes a larger value...success= hardwork,ed. efficentcy Term ethnocentrism Definition using your culture to evaluate another Term U.S. values Definition achievement, success, activity and work, science and tech, progress, material comfort, freedom, democracy, equality, racism, edu., religion, romantic love Term counter culture Definition seen as threat to dominant culture Term cultural relativism Definition evaluation a culture through their perspective Term sapir-whorf hypothesis Definition language determines how we perceive things ex. jam vs. jelly Term non material components of symbolic culture Definition symbols, gestures and language Term language Definition set of symbols organized into a form of communication Term subcultures Definition smaller group within a culture that does not contradict the dominant culture Term taboo Definition norm that is disgusting when broken Term norms Definition understood rules of a culture developed by the groups values Term sanctions Definition reactions to the following or breaking of norms Term moral holidays Definition days where some norms can be broken ex mardigras Term folkways Definition norms that are loosely enforced Term mores Definition norms that are strictly enforced Term sociological perspective Definition opens a window to see new view of culture, fresh look at familiar world Term social location Definition corners of life that one occupies ex; job, religion, race ,sex Term auguste comte Definition 1st to use positivism used "arm chair philosophy" coined tern "sociology" Term karl marx Definition class conflict is engine of human history economics=social change Term max weber Definition religion=social change research should be neutral and objective Term social integration Definition more involved you are the less likely you are to commit suicide Term pure sociology Definition understanding of sociology and concepts Term applied sociology Definition solving the social problems Term symbolic interactionism Definition title or symbols influence the way we act around certain people Term functional analysis Definition society is one large group that has smaller groups that are connected and work together Term function Definition beneficial consquences for the group Term dysfunction Definition no beneficial consequences for the group Term manifest Definition intended help or hurt Term latent Definition unintended help or hurt Term conflict theory perspective Definition groups are all competing for resources and power Term micro-level analysis Definition interactionists- focus is on how individuals act with others Term macro-level analysis Definition funtionalists- focus is on large scale patters in society Term survey participant observation secondary analysis Definition asking ppl certain questions observing a victim using data that has already been collected Term W.E.B. DuBois and Jane addams Definition applied sociologist -they did stuff, they made changes in society Term self contempt -charles horton cooley Definition we imagine how we appear to others, interpret others reactions, develop a self concept from the refelctions we see in our social mirror Term how do children learn to take the roles of others? -george herbert mead Definition children imitate others Term mead's theory Definition symbolic interactionists Term sociological perspectives Definition symbolic interactionsits function analysis conflict theory Term mead;s 3 stages of self development Definition 1.imitation 2. (role) play 3. team games Term gender socialization Definition as we learn what is expected of us because of our gender we are nudged into different lanes in life. into contrasting attitudes and behaviors ex: parents, peers and mass media Term agents of socialization Definition family(parents send subtle messages to child) neighborhood (some are better to grow up in than others) religion( influences morality) day care (more time in day care=worse relationship with mom) school and peers(learn values bc of fear of rejection) Term working parents VS. middle class parents Definition working-only care about child staying out of trouble( more likely to use physical punishment) middle class- want to develop childs curiosity, self expression and self control Term resocialization Definition process of learning new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors (happens when we learn something contrary to previous experiments) Term total institutions Definition place cut off from the rest of society and is under almost total control of agents of the institution Term total institutions Definition place cut off from the rest of society and is under almost total control of agents of the institution Term stages of life Definition childhood (0-12) adolesence (13-17) transitional adulthood (18-29) middle years (30-59) older years (60+)