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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/19/2010

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Cultural Relativism
Definition
Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms
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Culture Shock
Definition
the disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a fundamentally different culture and can no longer depend on their taken-for-granted assumptions of about life
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
The use of one's own culture as a yard-stick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors.
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Culture
Definition
The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next
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Material Culture
Definition
The material objects that distinguish a group of people, such as their art, buildings, clothing, weapons, etc. 
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Non-Material Culture
Definition
"Symbolic Culture" --Group's way of thinking, beliefs, values, common patterns of behavior, etc.
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Symbol
Definition
Somethingt to which people attach meanings and then use to communicate with others
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Gestures
Definition
The ways in which people use their bodies to communicate with one another
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Language
Definition
System of symbols, can represent objects as well as abstract thought
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Definition
Language creates ways of thinking and perceiving
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Values
Definition
Standards by which people define desirable/undesirable, or good/bad
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Norms
Definition
Exceptions, or rules of behavior, that reflect/enforce rules
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Sanctions
Definition
Expressions of approval/disapproval
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Folkways
Definition
Norms that are not strictly enforced
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Mores
Definition
Norms that are strictly enforced because they are thought to be essential
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Taboo
Definition
A norm so strong that it often brings revulsion if violated
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Subculture
Definition
Values and related behaviors of a group that distinguishes members from the larger culture
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Counterculture
Definition
Groups views that go against the broader culture
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Pluralistic Society
Definition
Society made up of many different groups
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Pastoral Society
Definition
Based on pasturing animals
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Horticultural Society
Definition
Cultivating plants by hand tools
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Domestication Revolution
Definition
The first Social Rev. --domestication of plants/animals
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Agricultural Revolution
Definition
2nd Social Rev. --invention of the plow
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Agricultural Society
Definition
Large scale agriculture, plows drawn by animals, source of food production
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
3rd Revolution, machines replace animals
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Postindustrial Society
Definition
Society based on Information/services/technology
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Biotech Society
Definition
Genetics/medicine
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Aggregate
Definition
Individuals who temporarily share the same space
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Category
Definition
People who have similar characteristics
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Primary Group
Definition
Intimate, long-term, face to face association
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Secondary Group
Definition
Larger, more anonymous or formal group
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In-groups
Definition
goups we feel loyal towards
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out-groups
Definition
groups toward which we feel antagonism
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Feral Children
Definition
Thought to have been raised by animals
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Socialization
Definition
process by which people learn characteristics of their group
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Self
Definition
Unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves from the outside
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Looking Glass self
Definition
Seeing yourself as you think others see you
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Generalized other
Definition
norms,values, expectations of others significant step in the development of self
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Gender socialization
Definition
ways in which society sets children onto different courses in life because they are male or female
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Manifest Functions
Definition

the intended beneficial consequences of peoples actions

Ex. reading/writing in school

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Latent Functions
Definition

Unintended beneficial consequences

Ex. social interaction at school

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Resocialization
Definition
The process of learning new norms, values, etc
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Status
Definition
Position that someone occupies in society or a social group
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Status Set
Definition
All the statuses or positions that an individual occupies
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Ascribed Status
Definition
Inherited positions or recieves involuntarily
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Achieved Status
Definition
Earned, Accomplished, involves some effort of the individual
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Status Symbols
Definition
items used to identify status
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Social Institutions
Definition
Family,Religion,Education,Economy,Medicine,Politics,Law,Science,Military, Mass Media
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Symbolic Interaction
Definition

Cooley, Thomas, Mead

Society is viewed as composed of symbols

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Functional Analysis
Definition
Society is composed of parts, each with a function that contributes to society's equilibrium
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Conflict Theory
Definition
Society is viewed as groups competing for scarce resources
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Social Interaction
Definition
People being with people
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Social Integration
Definition
Degree to which people feel united by shared values/social bonds --social cohesion
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Research Methods
Definition
Surveys, Participant Observation, Secondary Analysis, Documents, Experiments, Unobstrusive Measures,
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Surveys
Definition
Collection of data by asking people questions
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Participant Observation
Definition
researcher participates in a research setting while observing what is happening
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Experiments
Definition
use of control/experimental groups and variables
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Unobtrusive Measures
Definition
Observing behavior of people who do not know they are being watched
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