Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
43 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Theoretical approaches |
micro level - structural functionalism, conflict theory, feminist theory. macro level - symbolic interactions, feminist theory
|
|
|
Theory Theorizing |
Theory - the attempt to explain the observable phenomena Theorizing - the attempt to explain the empirical observations |
|
|
Who coined the term "sociology" And the basis' of his sociology was? |
Auguste Comte positivism |
|
|
Who coined the term "sociological imagination" |
c wright mills |
|
|
In the nineteenth century, where did sociology emerge as an area of academic interest |
europe |
|
|
Which theorist believed that the values embodied in early Protestantism led to thedevelopment of capitalism |
Max Weber |
|
|
Which sociologist treated the topic of suicide as a "social fact" in his ground-breaking book |
Emile Durkheim |
|
|
What did social Darwinists argue was the basis for claims of European superiority |
natural selection |
|
|
Which social evolutionist sought to apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to humansocieties |
Herbert spencer |
|
|
Who documented the experience of American blacks from a sociological perspective? |
Du bois |
|
|
Who is considered the father of microsociology |
Georg Simmel |
|
|
Who are the agents of socialization most responsible for "primary socialization" |
parents |
|
|
What reflects the "nature" side of the nature versus nurture debate |
Biological determinism |
|
|
What theory emphasizes the importance of rewards in shaping behaviour? |
Behaviourism |
|
|
What are the concepts in Freuds theory? What concept in Freud's theory represents the conscience |
Id - Ero - life drive, Thanators- death drive - unconscious superego - conscience - preconscious ego - mediator between the id and superego - conscious |
|
|
According to Mead, when a child is able to take into account the expectations of larger society, he or she comes under the sway of whom |
Generalized others |
|
|
What type of group shares key social characteristics such as age, social position, and interests? |
Peer groups |
|
|
Who argued that people do not naturally conform to the lessons of socialization |
Dennis wong |
|
|
What did Huesmann's longitudinal study of the relationship between media and violence find |
the correlation of violence and the aggressive nature of children as they aged |
|
|
marks the hurried child syndrome |
A child feeling adult-like stress and guilt |
|
|
A bar mitzvah is an example of what |
voluntary resocialization |
|
|
Which term refers to the knowledge and skills needed to acquire the sophisticated tastes that mark someone as a person of "high" culture |
cultural capital |
|
|
What are values |
The standards used by a culture to describe abstract qualities and to assess the behaviours of others |
|
|
What is ethnocentrism |
The belief that your culture is better than others |
|
|
describe and give examples of folk ways, mores, taboos |
folk ways - rules you should not break e.g double dip chips e.c.t mores - rules you must not break e.g killing taboos - arouse thoughts of disgust e.g cannibalism, child porno, incest |
|
|
define dominant, sub, counter, and high culture |
dominant - through political and eco powers, imposes its values on society sub - differs from dom cultures, but are not in direct opposition to it counter - feels the power of the dom culture, and opposes it high culture - culture of the elite, they are a minority |
|
|
state the law of effect - Thorndike |
1. if you do something, and you are rewarded for it, you are more likely to do it again. 2. if you do something and you are punished for it, you are less likely to do it again. |
|
|
psychoanalysis |
socialization in terms of biological and social aspects of life |
|
|
Agency |
personal choice placed ahead of social and nurture |
|
|
Structural functionalism key theorist |
Emile Durkhiem Talcott parsons Robert k merton |
|
|
define structural Functionalism |
sees the society as an organism with structures, and functions |
|
|
Conflict theory key theorist |
Karl max Georg Simmel Lewis a Crosser |
|
|
list the four types of sociology: pcpp |
professional, critical, public, policy |
|
|
quantitative research methods |
social elements that can be used to generate a stat surveys- open ended questions experiment - hypothesis, prove it e.t.c |
|
|
statistics |
uses numbers to map social behaviours |
|
|
eurocentrism |
addressing people from from a european position assuming they would like to be part of position |
|
|
Manifest function latent function latent dysfunction - Robert Merton |
Manifest - intended and readily recognized Latent - Unintended and unrecognized Dysfunction - Unintended and produce negative social consequences |
|
|
Conflict theory is based on what four c's? |
conflict class contestation change |
|
|
Founder social psychology,symbolic interactionism
|
George Herbert mead |
|
|
3 Stages of socialization |
preparatory stage play stage game stage |
|
|
2 Types of socializing agents |
significant others generalized others |
|
|
Cooley's looking glass- self |
- how you imagine you appear to others - how you imagine how others think of your appearance - how you feel as a result |
|
|
Re-socialization Examples of total institution |
Unlearning old ways and then learning new things prison military boarding school |
