Sociology Overview Quiz

The study of human behavior in society, shaped by collective life, and how humans function within groups and societies.

A collection of people with shared relationships and behaviors that distinguish them from others.

The process of learning societal norms, values, and beliefs to become a member of groups and society.

Social inequality where groups are ranked differently based on factors like wealth and status

The initial learning of social norms and values, typically within a family.

A group of individuals, usually related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together and sharing resources.

A relationship between two adults recognized by society as legitimate and often involves marriage or a similar commitment.

A marriage system where one individual has multiple spouses.

A marriage system where one man has multiple wives.

Views the family as essential for social order, stability, and consensus. It fulfills roles like reproduction, socialization, and emotional support.

Highlights how the family can perpetuate gender inequality, reinforcing women's subordination and exploitation. This includes socialization into gender roles and unpaid labor.

Sees the family as a system of power reflecting societal inequalities, serving the interests of the capitalist class. It emphasizes exploitation and the role of the family in maintaining the capitalist system.

Examines how interactions within the family shape social norms and values. It emphasizes communication, roles, and power dynamics within the household.

Colonialism, slavery, and migration have profoundly shaped family structures in the Caribbean. These historical influences have impacted family roles, relationships, and living arrangements.

A theory that explains social problems in the Caribbean as a result of deviant family structures, like high rates of illegitimacy and absentee fathers.

A perspective that judges other cultures based on the standards of one's own culture, often leading to bias and misunderstanding.

A sociological perspective that focuses on power struggles, inequality, and social change, often based on Marxist ideas.

Two key classes in a capitalist society, where the bourgeoisie owns the means of production (e.g., factories, land) and the proletariat are workers who sell their labor.

The resources and tools used to produce goods and services in a society, controlled by the bourgeoisie.

In Marxist theory, the process where the bourgeoisie benefits from the unpaid labor of the proletariat, creating inequality.

A sociological perspective that examines how individuals interact and create social meaning, emphasized by Max Weber.

A philosophical approach that emphasizes the subjective interpretations of individuals, recognizing multiple realities and meanings.

A shared system of beliefs, practices, and values that defines the sacred, explains life, and offers salvation from human existence.

Durkheim's concept dividing the world into the sacred (holy, revered) and the profane (ordinary, everyday).

Formalized, repeated behaviors with sacred and symbolic meanings for a religious group.

Ritualistic communication with supernatural forces or higher beings.

A set of doctrines that form the foundation of a religion, explaining life events like birth, death, and success.

Most religions have a structured organization, often hierarchical with leaders.

Belief in supernatural forces that influence human behavior and objects.

Belief in gods and goddesses that affect human behavior.

Formal education in the Caribbean before the abolition of slavery was primarily accessible only to the white upper class.

After emancipation, some formal education became available to the formerly enslaved population, mainly focusing on primary education with limited access to secondary schools.

Throughout Caribbean education history, education has been a deliberate tool for social control and power, used to maintain existing hierarchies and influence.

In the post-emancipation period, primary education was used as a tool for integrating non-white groups into colonial society.

In the early post-emancipation era, secondary education remained largely exclusive to the sons of the upper classes in Caribbean society.

The Church played a significant role in establishing schools in the post-emancipation period, often with the aim of 'civilizing' or influencing the newly liberated population.

Tertiary or higher education access was limited before 1948, often requiring students to study abroad, until the establishment of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus.

Religion is a cultural system that involves shared beliefs and practices, providing a sense of purpose and ultimate meaning through supernatural and sacred concepts.

The study of how human behavior is shaped by social interactions, groups, and institutions.

The shared experiences, practices, and institutions that bind people together in groups and societies.

The process of learning norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors of a society to become its member.

The organization of a society - how roles, institutions, groups, and cultures relate to each other.

Using scientific methods to study human behavior, like experiments and data analysis.

Examining how women are oppressed and subordinated in society, highlighting gender biases in institutions, roles, and research.

Different phases in feminist history with evolving priorities.

Understanding how different social categories (like race, class, gender) overlap and impact individual experiences.

A group of people linked by blood, marriage, or living together, sharing responsibility for caring for children.

The overall approach used in research, determining the research method.

The critique of the Social Pathology thesis that blames the Caribbean family for social problems, focusing on Western Christian values.

The dominant class in capitalist society, owning the means of production and exploiting the proletariat.

The working class in capitalist society, forced to sell their labor to the bourgeoisie.

The process where the bourgeoisie benefits from the unpaid labor of the proletariat, creating inequality.

A social institution that transmits knowledge, skills, values, and norms, preparing individuals for their roles in society.

Learning through everyday experiences outside of formal institutions, like family, friends, and media.

Organized learning in schools, colleges, and universities, reflecting and transmitting societal values.

Education serves society by conveying knowledge and skills, and promoting core values and social control.

The unintended role of education, like socializing individuals into societal values and norms.

Education perpetuates social inequality and maintains power by sorting individuals based on class and ethnicity.

Unwritten lessons in schools that teach students to accept their social position and existing power structures.

The question of whether education opportunities and outcomes are unequally distributed based on social factors such as class and ethnicity.

Religion serves a purpose for individuals and society. It provides comfort and security for individuals, and establishes moral codes and social values for society.

Religion is a tool of control used by the ruling class to maintain power and inequality. It masks exploitation and oppression, preventing social change.

Religion is about shared practices, symbols, and meanings. It shapes how people experience the world and creates a sense of belonging.

Religion often reinforces gender inequality, oppressing women and promoting patriarchal structures.

The process where religion loses its influence and importance in society.

Shared beliefs, values, and morals that bind a society together, often reinforced by religion.

A state where people are unaware of their true social conditions and interests, often manipulated by the ruling class through religion.

Religion can provide guidelines for behavior and morality, influencing work and personal values.

A philosophical idea that individuals agree to give up some freedoms in exchange for protection and order from a government. This contract outlines the rights and responsibilities of both citizens and the state.

Comte's theory about the development of human thought, progressing through three stages: theological, metaphysical, and scientific. Each stage reflects a different way of understanding the world, with the scientific stage as the most advanced.

A sociological perspective that views society as a complex system with interconnected parts, each performing a function to maintain harmony and stability.

Durkheim's term for the shared beliefs, morals, and values that unite a society, giving individuals a sense of belonging and moral guidance.

A type of social solidarity that arises from specialization and interdependence in modern societies. Individuals rely on each other because they have different skills and roles.

Parsons' model that contrasts two sets of values in societies: Ascription (birth-based roles) vs Achievement (merit-based roles), Diffuseness (generalized relations) vs Specificity (specialized relations), Particularism (rule variation) vs Universalism (universal rules), Affectivity (emotion-driven actions) vs Affective Neutrality (objective actions), Collective Orientation (group benefit) vs Self Orientation (individual benefit).

Parsons' theory stating that social systems need four basic needs for survival: Goal Attainment (shared purpose), Adaption (resources for survival), Integration (social harmony), and Latency (value maintenance and tension management).

The ability of a society to establish common goals and acceptable means to achieve them, ensuring collective action in achieving the shared purpose.

The ability of a society to provide for the basic needs of its members, ensuring survival through resource management, economic stability, and food availability.

The process of reducing conflict and fostering a sense of belonging within a society by institutions like education, media, and law enforcement.

The unstated consequences of actions in a social system, maintaining social order through value consensus and releasing tension in healthy ways.

The intended and obvious purpose of social institutions or actions.

The unintended or hidden consequences of social institutions or actions.