Soc 101 Exam Chapter 1!

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Sociology

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-The systematic study of social behavior and human groups

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systematic

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-scientific discipline that focuses attention on patterns of behavior

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human society

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-group behavior is primary focus, how groups influence individuals and vice versa

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psychology

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the investigation of personality and individual behavior

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psychology vs. sociology

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individual behavior vs. peoples attitudes and behaviors of people based on society ( people shaped by society)

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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
- the ability to view one's own society as an outsider would, rather than from the perspective of person experiences and cultural biasis

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sociological imagination(C. Wright Mills)

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-society is often responsible for many of our problems
-we need to learn to separate things that have to do with...
personal troubles
social issues

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functionalist theory

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-stable well integrated
-people are socialized to perform functions
-maintaining through cooperation
-perdictable
ex. public punishments reinforce social order

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manifest functions

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functions of institutions are open, stated , conscious functions

ex. universities want you to go to get an education

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latent functions

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functions of unstitution that is unstated or unintended, may reflect a hidden purpose

ex. go to a university to serve as a meeting ground for marital partners

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anomie

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Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in society when social control of individual behavior does not work

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conflict perspective

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assumption that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups

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conflict theory

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-characterized by tension and struggle
-people are shaped by power, and authority
-maintained through force
-change takes place all the time and may have positive consequences
ex. laws reinforce positions of those in power

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have-not
haves

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idk yet

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class struggle (conflict theory)

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idk yet

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interactionist perspective

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generalizations about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole

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symbolic interactionist perspective

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interactionism is a sociological framework in which human beings are seen to be living in a work of meaningful object
-"material objects with specific meaning throughout society"

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methods for research

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-define problem
-review literature
-formulate hypothesis
-test and collect data
-make conclusion

tested through surveys, interviews, questionnaire, observations, qualitative and quantitative research (exp)

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Sociological perspective (peter berger)

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-general social patterns can be seen in the behavior of particular individuals
-society's social forces shape us into "kinds" of people

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sociological perpective (peter berger)

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-being able to see the strange in the familiar by giving up familiar assumptions, not being influenced by society in thoughts and behaviors