#1: Sociology through film Flashcards
What is Sociology?
The academic and scholarly discipline that engages in systematic study of human society and social interactions.
Sociological is? (6 terms)
Identity Interaction Structural Inequality Institutions Intersectionality Sociological Imagination
What is Identity?
Identity is not something “within us” it is the result of “social processes” it is relational and it is how we see ourselves.
What is Social Interaction?
Social Interaction is how people affect one another. There are causes of interaction, processes of interaction and consequences of interaction.
What is social structure?
Social structure is the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our individual behaviours.
Structural Inequality exists when?
Social structures systemically privilege (provide opportunities) or exclude (constrain) members of some groups and not others.
What are Institutions?
Institutions are a special kind of social structure, they are governed by enduring rules and norms. examples include: the education system, catholic church, mcdonalds etc.
Intersectionality
They are forms of social exclusion not isolated from one another. They intersect. some examples include:
race class gender sexuality ability.
An example of intersectionality is “a black woman in poverty”
What is the Sociological Imagination?
The ability to see the relationship between an individual’s experiences and the larger society in which they are contextualized.
sociological imagination:
personal troubles:
Individual challenges
Sociological Imagination:
Public Issues :
(Social problems )beyond a persons control that originate at the regional or national level and can be resolved only by collective action.
STRUCTURE VS. AGENCY
what is social structure?
the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our individual behaviours.
STRUCTURE VS. AGENCY
what is agency?
Agency refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability to alter our socially constructed lives.
Differences between structure vs agency?
Agency = independence, autonomy (personal troubles) Structure= interdependence (public issues)
What is a social problem?
- A condition (ex poverty)
- A pattern of behavior (eg. violence) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change (harm a significant number of people/or a number of “significant” people) ex. holocaust. killing jews.
Levels of Analysis : Micro
Biography Internal Milieu Troubles Personal Concrete Identity Individual
Levels of Analysis: Macro
History External Structure Issues Public Abstract Society Social
Theory and Perspectives
What is Theory?
Theory: Set of logically related statements that attempt to describe, explain, or predict social events.
Theory and Perspectives
What is Perspective?
Perspective: An overall approach or viewpoint toward some subject. Contains many similarly related theories.
What is the “Functionalist Perspective” of society?
Society is stable, orderly system composed of interrelated parts that perform functions to keep society stable.
Functionalist Perspective:
Functions:
Functions: Manifest functions are intended and recognized consequences of social processes; Latent functions are unintended; and Dysfunctions are undesirable.
Functionalist Perspective:
Dysfunctions:
Dysfunctions: are undesirable consequences of an activity or social process that inhibit a society’s ability to adapt or adjust.
Functionalist Perspective:
Social Disorganization;
Social Disorganization: conditions in society that undermine the ability of traditional social institutions to govern human behaviour.
Functionalist Perspective:
Social Disorganization causes breakdowns in …what? (2 things)
Values and Norms:
