Ch2 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Bourgeoisie
Owners of the means of production
Concept
A term that represents a phenomenon or a set of ideas
The building block of theory
Conflict perspective
A sociological perspective that seeks to explain social behavior through emphasis on conflict, power, and tension between competing groups
Dominant ideology
A set of beliefs that work to keep the dominant group in power
Dysfunctions
Consequences disruptive to the system
Fact
What people assume to be true
Generalized other
Society’s roles and norms embodied in the idea of “other people”
Interactionist perspective
A sociological perspective that views society as a web of ongoing social interactions, meaning society is flexible and always in flux
Latent function
Unintended consequences that are beneficial to the system
Manifest function
Actions or consequences which are deliberate and planned and help to maintain the system
Proletariat
Workers who sell their labor to bourgeoisie
Role taking
Putting oneself into the shoes of another
Significant others
People who have a major impact on ones life and identity
Structural functionalist perspective
A sociological perspective that focuses on the way a society is structured and arranged to maintain order
Technological divide
Unequal access to technology giving some people more power than others
Theory
A set of statements that seeks to explain the causes of an observable phenomenon
Describe structural functionalism
Macro Society and behavior is predictable How society is possible What holds it together Change Order v chaos Function
Aguste Comte
Founding father of structural functionalism
Morphology
Robert Mead
Function
Manifest v latent
Describe the conflict perspective.
Macro
Some groups are dominant
Competition for scarce resources
Walmart
Wallace and Wolf
3 assumptions of conflict perspective
What are the 3 assumptions of the conflict perspective?
Humans have set of basic needs
Power is number 1
Dominant groups use own beliefs to further own interests
Karl Marx
Founding father of conflict perspective
Class struggles
Describe symbolic interactionism
Micro Focus on individuals and small groups Impact society has on individual Vice versa Society is flexible Socialization Language Looking glass self
