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Sociology CLEP 4
Stack #45694
| Sociology Terms | Sociology Definitions |
|---|---|
| Convergence Theory | states that a number of like-minded individuals coming together forms a collective action--the individual motives resulted in the collective action, not some separate "collective mind of the crowd." |
| Emergent-Norm Theory | Which states that new norms are created by a few individuals, and the whole crowd soon adopts the new norms. An example is if several people in a crowd start chanting a person's name, and the rest of the crowd soon follows--this is because a new norm, o |
| Concentric Zone Model | Is a model of city growth where cities grow in a series of rings, each characterized by a different group of people and activity. |
| Contagion Theory | Members of a crowd feel anonymous, and free of social restraint and responsibility, and therefore do whatever the group is doing. |
| Collective Behavior | Refers to group behavior which can be either short-lived spontaneous public expressions of feeling, or long-term public expressions aimed towards achieving specific goals. |
| Davis and Moore | Argued that stratification is inevitable so that the most capable will fill the most demanding positions. A functionalist view of stratification. |
| Max Weber | Believed that differences in a person's opportunities for income, how other people assess that person's status, and the forming of parties to acquire social power, are all unavoidable sources of social stratification. |
| Social Movement | refers to collective activities which are set on causing or preventing changes in society. |
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