Sociology Basics: Essential Concepts Review

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What is the term used to describe the estrangement of a person from the rest of humanity?

  • Acting crowds
  • Bartering
  • Alienation (correct)
  • Anomie

In which type of society did farming become a way of living among most of the members?

  • Acting crowds
  • Agricultural society (correct)
  • Capitalism
  • Anomie

What do you call a system where individuals exchange their goods and services without the use of money?

  • Bilateral descent
  • Anomie
  • Authoritarianism
  • Bartering (correct)

Which term refers to tracing one’s ancestry through both paternal and maternal ancestors?

<p>Bilateral descent (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of political system allows limited people’s participation in the political process?

<p>Authoritarianism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of economic system are the means of production privately owned?

<p>Capitalism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory sees society as a result of the continuing competition of people over limited resources?

<p>Conflict theory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of economic system is characterized by the rule of the people?

<p>Democratic socialism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does charismatic authority rely on?

<p>Leader's 'charisma' and personality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of social control requires the violator to pay and compensate for their offense?

<p>Compensatory social control (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the act of imposing one’s values on another culture called?

<p>Cultural imperialism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do conventional crowds come together for?

<p>Scheduled event (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does cultural relativism refer to?

<p>Looking at other cultures in their contexts (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Class consciousness' is the act of whose realization?

<p>'Exploitation realization of proletariat (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Cult' refers to a religious movement that does what?

<p>Rejects accepted norms and values of larger society (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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