JEOPARDY

Sociology Lingo Culturally Speaking… Cultural Change What’s Your Status? Social Interaction Society Types $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

SOCIOLOGY LINGO $100 Features common to all cultures, such as art, beliefs, family, government and economy, and technology. Cultural universals

SOCIOLOGY LINGO $200 A personality disorder highlighted by extreme self-centeredness. Narcissism

SOCIOLOGY LINGO $300 This component of culture are the shared rules of conduct that tell people within it how to behave in specific situations. Norms

SOCIOLOGY LINGO $400 A norm that describes socially acceptable behavior that has great moral significance or punishment attached, such as cheating on your spouse or murder. More

SOCIOLOGY LINGO $500 The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards, not by the standards of other cultures. Cultural relativism

CULTURALLY SPEAKING… $100 ______ consists of all the shared products of a human group, whereas a ______ is the common group who shares these products. Culture…Society

CULTURALLY SPEAKING… $200 The physical objects created by groups—books, houses, clothing, automobiles. Material culture

 CULTURALLY SPEAKING… $300 A component of culture, these are the shared beliefs about what is good or bad, desirable or undersirable, right or wrong. Values

CULTURALLY SPEAKING… $400 A norm that describes socially acceptable behavior, but which does not have great moral significance or punishment attached, such as not picking your nose. Folkway

CULTURALLY SPEAKING… $500 A group whose practices are conciously intended to challenge and/or reject the major values of the larger society. Counterculture

The tendancy to view one’s own culture/society/group as superior to CULTURAL CHANGE $100 The tendancy to view one’s own culture/society/group as superior to any other. Ethnocentrism

A commitment to the complete development of one’s talents, CULTURAL CHANGE $200 A commitment to the complete development of one’s talents, personality, potential. Self-fulfillment

CULTURAL CHANGE $300 The spreading of cultural traits (ideas, goods, religion, etc.) from one society to another. Cultural diffusion

The “McDonaldsification” of CULTURAL CHANGE $400 The “McDonaldsification” of the world…the process where cultures become more and more alike. Cultural leveling

CULTURAL CHANGE $500 Cultural lag The time between technological advancements or changes in society, when changes in ideas and beliefs occur faster than the changes in the rules and norms of the culture, such as social media. Cultural lag

Statuses assigned to a member of a society, not based on choice WHAT’S YOUR STATUS? $100 Statuses assigned to a member of a society, not based on choice or ability…age, gender, race. Ascribed status

WHAT’S YOUR STATUS? $200 Statuses which are “earned” or “chosen” by a member of a society…President, teammate, friend, employee. Achieved status

WHAT’S YOUR STATUS? $300 The status which plays the greatest role in a member of society’s life, and is the largest contributor to their social identity. Master status

WHAT’S YOUR STATUS? $400 A member of a field hockey team dealing with the pressures of being the captain and the team’s midfielder is an example of… Role strain

WHAT’S YOUR STATUS? $500 A working mom who must juggle a big project at work with getting her son to soccer practice and fixing dinner for a sick friend, all at the same time is an example of… Role conflict

SOCIAL INTERACTION $100 An exchange is an interaction based on this principle… “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” Reciprocity

SOCIAL INTERACTION $200 This type of interaction occurs when two or more people or groups oppose each other, attempting to achieve the same goal. Competition

SOCIAL INTERACTION $300 Interaction based on a deliberate attempt to control or oppose by force, or to harm. Conflict

SOCIAL INTERACTION $400 An accommodation where both sides in a conflict reach an agreement together. Mediation

SOCIAL INTERACTION $500 An accommodation which requires a third party to make a binding decision. Arbitration

SOCIETY TYPES $100 A pre-industrial society based on the daily collecting of wild plants and hunting of game to survive. Hunter-gatherer

SOCIETY TYPES $200 A society which relies on herding of animals and/or the growing of small garden using simple tools. Pastoral/ Horticultural

Agrarian/agricultural SOCIETY TYPES $300 The society which saw the development of technology for the growing of crops, allowing for cities to develop and bartering to occur in economic development. Agrarian/agricultural

Mechanical solidarity SOCIETY TYPES $400 According to Durkheim, pre-industrial societies were held together by the sharing of similar values and jobs/tasks—a tight-knit community for, or “Gemeinschaft” Mechanical solidarity

SOCIETY TYPES $500 According to Durkheim, industrial and post-industrial societies were held together by impersonal relationships as a result of specialization—a dependence based on needs, not values, or “Gesellschaft” Organic solidarity