Sociology Chapters 1,2, 4, 11

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Sociology

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The scientific study of social behavior and human groups

Hint 1

Auguste Comte

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Sociological Imagination

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An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past. (Looking at a personal experience like divorce and viewing it as a societal concern since it divides a family or household)

Hint 2

C. Wright Mills

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Natural Science

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The study of physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change (astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physics, etc...)

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Social Science

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The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change (Sociology, anthropology, economics, history, psychology, politics science, etc...)

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Theory

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A set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior

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Anomie

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The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective

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Émile Durkheim

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Verstehen

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"Understanding"; Used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account the subjective meanings people attach to their actions (how people view and explain their own behavior)

Hint 7

Max Weber

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Ideal Type

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A construct or model for evaluating specific cases

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Max Weber

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Double Consciousness

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The division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities (Blacks in America - Highest place of power belongs to our black President but that doesn't mean that all other black people in America hold positions of power)

Hint 9

W.E.B. DuBois

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Macrosociology

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Concentration on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations

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Microsociology

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The study of small groups often through experiments

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Cultural Capital

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Noneconomic goods, like family background and education, which are reflected in a knowledge of language and arts

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Manifest Functions

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Open, stated, and conscious functions (school is meant to educate society)

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Manifest Functions

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Open, stated, and conscious functions (school is meant to educate society)

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Latent Functions

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Unconscious or unintended functions that reflect hidden purposes of an institution (we have school to hold down unemployment)

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Manifest Functions

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Open, stated, and conscious functions (school is meant to educate society)

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Latent Functions

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Unconscious or unintended functions that reflect hidden purposes of an institution (we have school to hold down unemployment)

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Dysfunction

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Element or process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Manifest Functions

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Open, stated, and conscious functions (school is meant to educate society)

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Latent Functions

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Unconscious or unintended functions that reflect hidden purposes of an institution (we have school to hold down unemployment)

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Dysfunction

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Element or process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability

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Conflict Perspective

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Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources. (Disputes over federal budget, party politics, competition between religious groups for new members)

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Social Capital

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Collective benefit of social networks, built on reciprocal trust (Having the benefit to advance due to the relations of family and friends)

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Functionalist Perspective

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Emphasizes the way in which parts of society are structured to maintain its stability; Seeing society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole; Each part of society serves a purpose

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Manifest Functions

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Open, stated, and conscious functions (school is meant to educate society)

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Latent Functions

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Unconscious or unintended functions that reflect hidden purposes of an institution (we have school to hold down unemployment)

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Dysfunction

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Element or process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability

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Conflict Perspective

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Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources. (Disputes over federal budget, party politics, competition between religious groups for new members)

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Feminist View

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Sees inequality in gender as central to all behavior and organization

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Allied with the conflict perspective

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Interactionist Perspective

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Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole

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Interactionist Perspective

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Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole

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Dramaturgical Approach

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People are seen as theatrical performers (people show what parts of their personality they want to show; just like actors try to project a certain image, we do too)

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Interactionist perspective

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Interactionist Perspective

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Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole

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Dramaturgical Approach

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People are seen as theatrical performers (people show what parts of their personality they want to show; just like actors try to project a certain image, we do too)

Hint 45

Interactionist perspective

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Applied Sociology

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Use of discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations (use of sociology to relate to real life situations such as social reform)

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Clinical Sociology

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Dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships (family therapy) or restructuring social institutions (reorganization of a medical center)

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Clinical Sociology

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Dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships (family therapy) or restructuring social institutions (reorganization of a medical center)

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Globalization

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Worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through the exchange of ideas and trade

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Clinical Sociology

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Dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships (family therapy) or restructuring social institutions (reorganization of a medical center)

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Globalization

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Worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through the exchange of ideas and trade

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Social Inequality

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A condition in which members of society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power