Folkways - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

UCLA Communication Studies 10 Midterm Michael Suman Lecture Info(CSI) Exam Social Norm - ️️ A rule of acceptable behavior Ex: Wear clothes everyday Types of Norms - ️️ 1. Folkways 2. Mores 3. Taboos Folkways - ️️ Social rules to which people generally conform but with little pressure Ex: Wear matching socks Mores - ️️ Social rules that bring about a stronger reaction when broken then folkways Ex: Wear clothes Taboo - ️️ Social rules that bring about the strongest r...

CLEP Introductory Sociology What is the "sociological imagination" and who introduced this concept? ️️ The sociological imagination, introduced by C. Wright Mills, is the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger social influences. Describe "institutional racism" and provide an example. ️️ Institutional racism refers to discriminatory practices embedded within social institutions that systematically disadvantage certain racial group...

SOC - jccc spence Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Culture - ANSWERSPatterns or behaviors, knowledge, customs, material and non-material elements are passed on from one generation the next Material culture - ANSWERSTangible elements (transportation, food, architecture, art) Non-material culture - ANSWERSsymbols, language, values, norms language - ANSWERSSet of symbols arranged to form communication to allow for interaction to be possible Social norms - ANSWERSExpected sets o...

Frustration-aggression theory (Dollard and Miller) correct answer-Occurs when an individual is blocked so that he or she cannot reach an intended goal (or the goal is removed); frustration leads to aggression Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger) correct answer-Suggested individuals are motivated to reduce tension and discomfort, putting an end to dissonance (e.g., I'd rather smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoy life than live an extra year or two); people don't like inconsistency ...

__________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure. - Social statics Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities with - a biological organism __________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and have to do with social change. - a. Social dynamics Studies of people's values, beliefs, attitudes, and perception...

University of Iowa Criminology Exam 1 Question and answers already passed 2024 University of Iowa Criminology Exam 1 Criminology - correct answer The scientific study of crime and criminal behavior Crime - correct answer Violations of social law Progression of Knowledge - correct answer Comte's theory that knowledge has historically progressed from theological to metaphysical to science Deviance - correct answer Behavior that is outside the limits of societal toleration ...

Draguns Emic vs. Etic Emic: Good, treat clients as individuals with individual differences Etic: Bad, treats all clients the same "humans are humans" Autoplatic vs. Alloplastic Autoplastic: change comes from within, internal Alloplastic: try to change external factors, "if you're unhappy with the system, change the system" Mores vs. Folkways Mores: beliefs regarding the rightness or wrongness of behavior Folkways: like mores BUT breaking folkways results in embarrasment Ambivalent Tr...

Communication Studies 10 Midterm UCLA Exam Questions and Answers What are norms? - ️️ Rules of what behavior is acceptable in a given situation, what is expected of you? What are folkways? - ️️ Social rules to which people can conform but receive little pressure to do so? Ex: wearing different colored socks What are mores? - ️️ More strongly held norms which bring about stronger reactions when broken. Ex: Being naked in your front lawn. What are taboos? - ️️ Norms so stro...

A funeral rite that in essence is devoid of religious connotation is known as - ️️humanistic Which of the following is a "must behavior" - ️️More A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs & wants of those directly involved is known as - ️️Adaptive The method by which the values of given society are learned and internalized by it's members best defines - ️️Socialization A joint family is always - ️️patriarchal A family in which the governance of power is s...

TJC US History 1302 Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2024 TJC US History 1302 Exam 1 What strategy did Republicans commonly use in political campaigns during the 1870s and 1880s? - correct answer They accused Democrats of having caused "secession and civil war." Which of the following is true of William Graham Sumner? - correct answer He argued in his book Folkways that it was a mistake for the government to promote equality as it went against "survival of the fittest." Wh...