chapter 1 Flashcards
what is your social location?
your social location is the set of social traits that informs your views of the world around you.
what makes up your social location?
Sex, age, class, ethnicity and religion.
how does understanding social location allow us to do.
investigate and challenge social patters or stereotypes in an informed and critical manner.
what do sociologists do?
they investigate and challenge the social patterns (stereotypes) that other people perceive.
what does sociology help students distinguish between?
a well-informed opinion and an uninformed view.
what are 3 social patterns that sociologists look at?
- social variables: sex, age, class, ethnicity, gender.
- social institutions: education, religion
- social interactions: family, friends, influences.
why study sociology?
it helps you form a greater understanding of:
- the SOCIAL WORLD
- how YOU relate to patterns of social behaviour
- SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
what does the sociological imagination allow us to do?
- understand people’s circumstances that are shaped by social forces.
- understand the connections between personal and political.
who coined the term sociological imagination.
C. Wright Mills
when did sociology emerge and where?
- France, Germany and Britain
- 19th centry
what did Max Weber explore?
the Protestant work ethic
what does Weber’s German term Verstehen mean?
Weber used the term to understand the intention and the context of human action.
when and why did sociology emerge in North America?
- 19/ early 20th century
- immigrants, the development of cities, urban life and technology.
where was the first sociology department in North America?
the University of Chicago, founded in 1892
where was the first sociology department in Canada?
McGill University, founded in 1922, by Carl Dawson.
what did John Porter do?
examined the relationship between social class and ethnicity, coining the term Vertical Mosaic.
what is the Vertical Mosaic?
the arrangement of racial, ethnic and religious groups due to racism.
-lowest class because of race
who is Annie Marion MacLean and what did she do?
- she was the First Canadian woman to obtain a PhD in sociology, from U of Chicago
- She also pioneered the sociological study of working women
who is Aileen Ross and what did she do?
- First woman hired as a sociologist at a Canadian university (University of Toronto)
– She completed the first study of homeless women in Canada
who is Helen C. Abell
the founder of Rural sociology in Canada.
Sociology by approach: the 5 sociology theories? which are Macro and which are Micro
-Structural Functionalism: macro
- Conflict Theory: macro
-Symbolic interaction: Micro
- Feminist Theory: Macro
- Postmodern Theory: Macro
what are Manifest functions?
are intended and readily recognized (seen easily, common sense)
what are Latent Functions?
are unintended and unrecognized ( a side effect of the situation, something that commonly happens because of the situation but not intended)
what are Latent Dysfunctions?
are unintended and produce socially negative consequences. ( so far out of left field, the most ridiculous answer)
conflict theory and its 4 C’s?
conflict exists in all large societies.
-conflict
- class
-contestation (questionn)
-change
Karl Marx
he thought that Society is a hierarchy and each group’s position in the hierarchy is determined by the group’s role in the production of wealth (Class)
symbolic interactionism?
- Focuses on individuals and small groups and their everyday practices and interactions rather than larger groups.
Erving Goffman: Total Institution?
seeks to regulate, control, and manipulate people.
-jails, boarding schools, concentration camps.
feminist theory
is rooted in conflict theory.
Feminist theories address issues of systematic discrimination against women
women in feminist theory
– Mary Wollstonecraft is one of Western Europe’s first feminist analysts
– Harriet Martineau is one of the first sociologists to systematically examine women’s roles in society
- Dorothy Smith Developed standpoint theory out of her discrimination in the academic community
feminism waves?
First wave: campaign for civil and political rights
– Second wave: focus on public and private rights
– Third wave: inclusion of LGBTQ and racialized individuals
Post Modern theory
to include a diversity of voices, especially those that are often drowned out by the powerful voice of dominant groups (white, heterosexual, middle and upper-class men)
professional sociology
Research designed to generate highly specific information, often to apply it to a particular problem or intellectual question
Critical sociology
“conscience of professional sociology”
* Aims to make sure that professional sociologists do not become so lost in
esoteric debates that they lose sight of the goals of sociological inquiry
Policy sociology
Generates sociological data to be used in the development of social policies, laws, rules or plans
Public Sociology
The role of public sociologists is to make sociology accessible to the public.
