Studied by 12 peopleBarnum effect
People tend to believe in descriptions of their personality that could in fact describe almost anyone.
Hawthore effect
People tend to act better or how they think they should act while being watched. "Haww I'm being watched"
interpretive sociology
the study of society that focuses on discovering the meanings people attach to their social world
Structural/Functional approach
a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Think of a body each part of the body has a function to make a whole human
Social Conflict Theory
a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. Some people have advantages while others are disadvantaged
Latent Functions
unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern. That's the last thing I wanted to happen
Manifest Functions
the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern. Man I wanted that to happen
Positvism
study of society based on scientific observations of social behavior
High-Income Countries
the nations with the highest overall standards of living, produce most goods and services
Middle-Income Countries
nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a whole. Most social inequality, some very rich while others very poor
Low-Income Countries
nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor. Majority of people are poor and hardly getting by, poor housing, unsafe water, too little food.
Seeing the general in the particular
seeing general patterns of behavior in particular groups
Seeing the strange in the familiar
initially strange ideas that society shapes what we think and do
Single-Blind Experiment
an experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment but experimenters know
Double-Blind Experiment
an experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know which participants received which treatment
Independent Variable
the variable that is changed
Dependent Variable
The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Control Group
the group that does not receive the experimental treatment.
Experimental Group
the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested
Correlation Coefficient
A scale from 1 to -1, .5 (or -.5) and greater is strong
Positive Correlation
both variables either increase or decrease together
Negative Correlation
as one variable increases, the other decreases
Mean
average
Median
Midpoint of data, 50th percentile
Mode
most frequently occurring score
Mores
accepted standards and customs of a social group. Right Vs. Wrong. Morals
Folkways
norms for routine or casual interaction, Right Vs. Rude.
Ideal Culture
the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to
Real Culture
actual behavior patterns of members of a group
Hunting and Gathering Societies
the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food
Horticulture and Pastoralism Societies
the use of hand tools to raise crops and domestication of animals. More belief in God
Agriculture Societies
large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources. Most inequality
Industrial Societies
the production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery
Postindustrial Societies
the production of information using computer technology
Popular Culture
cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population
High Culture
cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite
Multiculturalism
promoting culture equal standing
Counterculture
A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture. I.E Amish
3 Ways Culture is Spread
D.I.D Diffusion- Spreading of culture to another or within a culture Invention- New things shifting the culture Discovery- Changes to things that already exist
Ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according your own culture
Cultural Relativism
the practice of judging a culture by its own standards
How Rock Demonstrates Cultural Spread
A combination of jazz, blues, gospel from African Americans and western and country from white people. the crossover with mainstream pop and add in jazz, blues, country and western.
Sociobiological
Explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture, survival of the fittest, from Charles Darwin
Sociological Imagination
When someone will blame the social status rather than take the blame for themselves. like in a recession people don’t blame themselves
Symbolic Interaction
looking at a small group and seeing how they see the world, micro level
Sub Culture
a small group of people that have their own culture different from the pop culture. like pokemon or
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