Chapter 3 & 6: Sociology

Question 1

Structural Functionalism

Answer 1

• looks at how all structures or institutions in society work together. Examples of structures or institutions of society include: education, healthcare, family, legal system,economy, and religion.
• Emile Durkheim
• Talcott Parsons

Question 1

Conflict Theory

Answer 1

examines the role that power plays in society and how it can be used to have control over others
Karl Marx

Question 2

Feminist sociology

Answer 2

focuses on the experience of gender.
Dorothy Smith

Question 3

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 3

concentrates on how individuals attach meaning to situations and how it influences behaviour.
Max Weber)-Rationalization & Bureaucracy
George Mead-The Looking Glass Sel

Question 4

Macrosociology

Answer 4

• Takes a wide perspective and is concerned with studying society as a whole.
• Analyze social systems and populations on a large scale ie. country, place of worship.

Question 5

Microsociology

Answer 5

• Microsociology studies the small-scale social dynamics, like how people communicate and influence each other in everyday life.
• It looks at the roles and relationships of individuals or small groups within the larger society.

Question 6

Direct socialization

Answer 6

• Social forces that directly influence or shape behaviour
• Often connected to family/peer groups

Question 7

Indirect Socialization

Answer 7

• Social forces that indirectly influence or shape behaviour
• Often connected to social expectations or assumption

Question 8

Primary socialization

Answer 8

• Learning the basic skills needed to survive in a society
  Skills include:
• Hygiene
• Eating (with utensils)
• Language use
• Literacy
• Dressing appropriately

Question 9

Secondary socialization

Answer 9

• Learning appropriate behaviours and learning how to behave in group situations
  Skills include:
• How to approach and talk to groups of people
• How to behave in a school, place of worship, or workplace
• How behave in public places such as a playground or community centre

Question 10

Resocialization

Answer 10

• Changing or transforming behaviours from socially unacceptable to socially acceptable (or better adapted to the situation)
• Examples include:
• Changing criminal behaviour into law-abiding behaviour
• Getting training to be able to work at a new job
• Stop swearing so much in order to fit in with different groups (professional or social)

Question 11

Anticipatory socialization

Answer 11

• Learning how to anticipate appropriate behaviours for a social situation before it happens
• Skills include:
• Knowing how to dress for an occasion without being told (such as going to a wedding)
• Knowing how to address and talk to someone else’s parents
• Knowing how to behave when being honoured with an award

Question 12

Agents of socialization

Answer 12

• The family
• Peer Groups
• The workplace/school
• The media
• Religion