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How did Cameron Russel use the sociological imagination
To feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in success and failure
What is sociology
Social science that studies the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
What can change someone’s future
Critical thinking
What is a social pattern
forms of social actions that are repeated and have some probability of recurring again
Add the steps for developing the sociological imagination (mills)
(1) Tracing the interconnection between individual’s behavioral patterns and the larger social forces, (2) learning to identify the system generated behavior of human beings, and (3) identifying the social forces which are shaping the individual’s behavior.
How did facebook affect relationships
Created a public record, constant reminders,allows others to always have a say, everything is public, and others overanalyze
What are personal experiences affected by
Class,ethnicity, gender,age, and sexual orientation
What did Henry Giroux say the lack of sociological imagination could do
Social issues can become viewed as private problems disconnected from the larger forces
Sociology involves looking for and at patterns in
social variables, such as age, gender, “race,” ethnicity, religion, ability, and sexual orientation.
What do sociologists observe
social patterms
What 3 ways is sociology distinct
Concerned with society, examines differences of large groups and components, ways it responds to an analysis of the world
Who came up with the sociological imagination
C Wright Mills
What is Lupe Fiasco doing for sociology
Making music in a socially conscious manner
How does the sociological immagination connect the public and private
Larger social issues and history shape our own problems
In what manners do sociologists discuss social issues in
Informed and critical manner
What did Max Weber believe about the protestant work ethic
That they contributed heavily to modern capitalism through the praise of wealth and work for god
What was the difference in students at yale and students in harlem.
The Harlem students didn’t expect much for their future yet the Yale students were sure their future was bright
Why should we study sociology
To achieve a greater understanding of: the social world, one’s self, and others
“Sociology is the study of the way that humans are shaped by things they don’t see.” Who said this?
Sam Richards
What did C wright Mills talk about
The connection between how society works and how it affects our personal lives
Which Chicago-based sociologist focused on human ecology?
Robert E Park
What is the 5th dimension
The background questions we make as to what happens beneath the surface
What do sociologists look at
Patterns in social variables, social institutions, and social interactions
What is the sociological imagination
The ability to see the connection between our private world and the public world
What did Greta Thunberg do
Ask questions about the environment that people weren’t asking
What does the sociological imagination provide
Perspective
How did Covid 19 heavily affect society
Through breaking connectivity
Who was Confucius
A chinese philosopher who used role modelling in his life
Who was Ibn Khaldun
Examined societies and cultures
What was the theory of Social Conflict
Social conflict theory is a social theory which argues that individuals and groups within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than consensus.
Sociology developed why
a response to dramatic changes
eg. industrialization,revolutions,women’s rights, and urbanization
Who gave us the term sociology
Auguste Comte
What is positivism
experiment, measurement, observation
look for positive verification
Whos work did Harriet Martineeu further
Auguste Comte
Who was the first woman sociologist
Harriet Martineau
What did Harriet Martineau write
Society in America and the First sociology methods book
Write more on talked about sociologists on ss table
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Who influenced Herbert Spencer
Influenced by Darwin (evolution) and Comte
(positivism)
What did Herbert Spencer believe in
Justified social inequalities
Harsh dude!
Why should we understand social structure and probelms
To be able to solve the problems
What are the elements of social structure
Social institutions=>social groups=>social statuses=>social roles
What are the groups of a social institution
Traditional S.I.’s, and Contemporary S.I.’s
What are Traditional S.I.’s
Economy, Family, Religion, Education, politics
What are Contemporary S.I.’s
Science and technology, Medicine, mass media, military, sport
What is a social insitution
An established and enduring pattern of social relationships
What is structural functionalism (SF)
bones: structures and functions that support society
What did Emile Durkheim say about structural functionalism
Social facts (# of suicides), why do people do what they do
What are the 3 characteristics of every social fact
- It was developed prior to and seperate from you as an individual
- It can be seen as a characteristic of a particular
group - It involves a constraining or coercing force that
pushes individuals into acting in a particular way
Three different types of functions that any structure can produce:
- Manifest Functions:intended and easily recognized
- Latent Functions: unintended
- Latent Dysfunctions:unintended and produce socially negative consequences (e.g. conflict)
What is the conlfict perspective (CP)
4 C’s:
1. conflict
2.
What are the 4 C’s of the conflict perspective
4 C’s:
1. conflict
2. Class
3. Constestation
4. Change
Constestation: the action or process of disputing or arguing.
What did Karl Marx say needed to be focused on
The economic base that society is structured upon
What conflict did Marx explore
The conflict between the capitalist and the workers
What did WEB Dubois write about
Race conflict theory
What is symbolic interactionism (SI)
Looks at the meaning (symbols we use to make meaning) of the daily social interaction of individuals
What did Max Weber have interested in
Interested in the imapcts of capitalism, focused on the protestant work ethic
What was the protestant work ethic
To accumulate wealth and work earn your way into heaven
