Study Guide for Midterm

Foundations of Sociology, Groups Culture and Values Status vs. Role 3 sociological theories/perspectives Ascribed Status vs. Achieved Status sociological perspective Master Status sociological imagination Reciprocal Roles function Role Expectation latent and manifest functions Role Performance dysfunction Role Set social science Role Conflict vs. Role Strain Early influential sociologists Social Institutions “Father” of Sociology Group-four major features bourgeoisie vs. proletariat Aggregate symbol Social Category symbolic interaction Dyads and Triads cultural relativism Small Group ethnocentrism Formal vs. Informal Groups 2 types of norms Primary and Secondary Groups subculture vs. counterculture Reference Group 5 components of culture In group/out group material vs. non-material culture Social Networks/Six degrees ideology Bureaucracy-According to Weber the cultural universals five characteristics of a bureaucracy cultural lag Positives and Negatives of cultural diffusion Bureaucracies American values

Socialization A Bronx Tale- comprehensive essay response Personality Heredity Instinct Aptitude Socialization Nature v Nurture argument Isolated/Feral Children Development of Self Theories Agents of socialization