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44 Cards in this Set
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biographical approach: what and who
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locating ourselves in society in order to understand our society
Berger |
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sociological competence: what and who
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knowing how to act in unknown situations based on experience
Levert |
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false consciousness
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lack of understanding that a personal trouble is actually a public issue
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social regulation
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rules and norms in society
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social integration
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how attached people are in society to other people
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theory of suicide: what and who
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y: anomics, fatalistics
x: egoistics, altruistics Durkheim |
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anomic suicide
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normlessness
regulation |
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fatalistic suicide
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no free will
regulation |
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egoistic suicide
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lack of attachment to groups
integration |
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altruistic suicide
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killing self for the sake of the group
integration |
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the sociology of knowledge
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how, when and why knowledge emerges
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Comte
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the father of sociology
system of positive philosophy |
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social fact: what and who
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once we establish the rules, they exist outside of us
Durkheim |
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functionalism: what and who
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how people and institutions function in society
Durkheim |
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rationality: what and who
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man is, by nature, a rational being
Weber |
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ideal types: what and who
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the most characteristic characteristics of something
Weber |
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L.F. Ward
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father of american sociology
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value free sociology: what and who
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keeping it unbiased
Weber |
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Human ecology perspective
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how and why people are distributed in space is a result of unconscious competition
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political economy theory
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people are distributed in space via rational decision making
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systems theory
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study of systems (2 or more people in an interaction)
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functionalism: what and who
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society is a set of interrelated parts that work together to keep society in order
Durkheim |
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conflict theory
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MARX
conflict between obey and command class (proletariat vs. bourgeoisie) |
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Darhendorf
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"class conflict in industrial society"
worked as part of conflict theory |
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symbolic interaction theory
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each individual social reality is formed by interactions, on the basis of symbols
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definition of society
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group of organisms in a structured environment, interacting with one another
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norms: define, 3 types
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expected behavior
folkways-mores-taboos |
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mala in se
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evil in itself
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mala prohibita
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evil because prohibited
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what hold society together? think suicide...
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normative and functional integration
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cultural relativism
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judging based on ones own cultural values
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socialization
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the process by which people learn their culture and become aware of themselves as they interact with others
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id
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immediate gratification
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ego
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the balancer
Freud |
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superego
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excessive restraint
Freud |
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looking glass self: what and who
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we understand ourselves by watching people's reactions to us
Cooley |
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the I: what and who
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immediate gratificatio
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the me: what and who
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the objective component that emerges as people communicate symbolically and learn to take the role of the other
Mead |
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significant others
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people who play important roles in the early socialization of children
Mead |
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the generalized other: what and who
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a person's image of cultural standards and how they apply to him or her
Mead |
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primary socialization
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socialization in early childhood, often by the family
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secondary socialization
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all socialization after childhood
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re socialization
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when powerful socializing agents change a person's values, role, or self conception
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anticipatory socialization
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taking on the role which we aspire to be
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