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BASIC Flashcards

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What is the sociological imagination?

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A concept by C Wright Mills. we need to interpret social problems as a result of individual character flaws

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Who is August Comte?

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the father of sociology. coined the term sociology

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What are the 3 levels of sociological inquiry?

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micro: individual
macro: national
global: international

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what is functionalism?

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examining the factors that hold society together

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what is conflict theory?

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examining the factors that hold society apart

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what is postmodernism?

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  • examining consumerism, the information system, and oppression
  • belief that other theories can no longer explain life in contemporary society
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what is a variable and what is an independent

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variable: construct with a value
independent: causes the change to the dependent

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what did wilson study?

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sociobiology

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what did the harlows study?

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the effect of social isolation on monkeys

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what is the ID?

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coined by Freud. id demands immediate gratification through instinct like sex

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what is the principle of frued’s ID

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the pleasure principle

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what is the superego?

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coined by Freud. the part that considers the values and morals of society

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what is the principle of frued’s supergo?

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personal conscience

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14
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what is the ego

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coined by frued. balances id and superego

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what is the principle of Freud’s ego?

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the reality principle

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16
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what did piaget study?

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children go through stages

17
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what did kohlberg study?

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stage of moral development

18
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what did gilligan study?

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males care more about law and order

females care more about social consequences and relationships

19
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who does Gilligan criticize

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kohlberg

20
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what did cooley study?

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  • the looking glass self

- significant others

21
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what did mead study?

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the three aspects of the social self?

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what’re the three aspects of the social self?

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coined by mead.

  1. me
  2. i
  3. generalized other

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