Sociology Theorists-College Network

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Which functionalist theorist studied suicide?

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Emile Durkheim

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Who is considered the founder of the psychoanalytic perspective in psychology?

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Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud believed the mind was divided into 3 distinct parts:

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id, ego, superego

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Freud believed which 2 parts were in conflict at the unconscious level?

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id and superego

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Who's work is focused on understanding how people think (human cognition)?

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Jean Piaget

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Jean Piaget identified 4 stages of cognition beginning at birth:

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1) sensorimotor stage
2) preoperational stage
3) concrete operational stage
4) formal operational stage

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What percentage of people never reach the formal operations stage?

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30%

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Who studied the moral development of children?

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Which age did Kohlberg believe moral development began in children?

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Age 7

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Who sought to examine the moral development of girls?

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Carol Gilligan

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Carol Gilligan argues that boys have what kind of a perspective?

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Justice perspective (boys rely upon formal rules and laws to determine what is right/wrong)

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Carol Gilligan argues that girls employ what kind of a perspective?

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Care and responsibility perspective (actions are judged on the basis of personal relationships and loyalties)

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Who studied the development of the sense of self?

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George Herbert Mead

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What did George Herbert Mead believe the self represented?

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That portion of an individual's personality composed of self-image and self-awareness

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George Herbert Mead believed there were 2 components to the self:

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I and the ME

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I

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subjective, spontaneous and unique element of the self

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me

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objective element of the self, consisting of the internalized attitudes and demands of the larger social environment

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What is the first stage in Mead's development of self stages?

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Preparatory stage

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Occurs up to age 3, children largely imitate world around them

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Preparatory stage

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2nd stage in Mead's development of self stages

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Play stage

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Ages 3-5; children learn to use language and other symbols which enables them to pretend they are taking roles of specific people; i.e. mother, teacher

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Play stage

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3rd stage in Mead's development of self stages

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Game stage

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begins as child enters school; children begin to develop the capacity to see to take into account the roles of multiple other people

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Game stage

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Taking the role of the other

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we are able to see ourselves as specific other people see us, with this ability the me component of the self develops

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He developed the concept of looking glass self

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Charles Horton Cooley

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Travis Hirschi-symbolic interactionist perspective

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Developed control theory as way to help understand what factors constrained people from choosing deviant behavior

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Differential Association Theory

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We learn deviance from the people we associate with; tendency to be deviant increases as ones association with other deviants increases

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Davis-Moore thesis on social stratification

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Functionalist perspective--most qualified people must fill most important positions which require extensive training; higher rewards offered to fill positions

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Karl Marx-conflict perspective on social stratification

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theorized that b/c bourgeoisie owned more resources and had greater power, they would accumulate capital and become increasingly wealthy and proletariat would become immiserated

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Max Weber introduced 3 factors that influenced stratification

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Class
Status
Party

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Which theorist is related to the status inconsistency theory-people in a higher status group and lower in another will be dissatisfied and frustrated

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Max Weber

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He linked capitalism to the Calvinist Doctrine of Predestination

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Max Weber

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Max Weber argued that stratification was multidimensional rather than _________ as proposed by Karl Marx

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One-dimensional

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Calvinist Doctrine of Predestination

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The belief that all people are divided before birth by God into 2 groups: the damned and the saved. Only God knows whether a person is going to Heaven or Hell.

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Rational-legal authority

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Power legitimized by written law or regulations and associated with a socially recognized position

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Weber believed that ________-_________ authority would expand and in doing so erode authority based upon custom or tradition.

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rational-legal