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Society

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Group of people that live in the same area and participate in a common culture

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Class

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Group of people within a society who possess the same economic status

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Norms

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Informal rules telling us what’s appropriate in any given situation violation equals consequences (ex: washing hands, waiting in line)

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Institutions

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Important social patterns that endure overtime typically organize many norms (ex: marriage-having kids, sharing money, living together, last name)

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Sociological perspective

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Looking at social life in a scientific way looking beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human action

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Roles

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A social position that comes with expectations for how you act (ex: daughter, sister, student, friend)

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Ascribed role

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A role not subject to a personal choice ( child, gender, race)

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Achieved role

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A role that is earned or chosen (lawyer, waitress, artist)

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Free will

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Ability to choose think and act voluntarily

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Hierarchies

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Organization of roles and groups from high to low status of power (wealth, race, sex, work, family)

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Social structure

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Enduring patterns of social life, forms unseen structure that we as individuals are shaped by and operate within

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Stereotypes

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A simplified generalization about a group

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Emergent

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Emerges naturally as a result of bottom-up forces

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Opportunity hoarding

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When high status/power groups try to control resources or opportunities and deny them to lower status groups

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Power

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Obey because of force (Jesus, hitler, mlk)

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Authority

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Obey because the government is thought to be legitimate (ex: obeying the law)

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Legitimacy

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Someone who has authority if people think their leadership role is legitimate (appropriate and proper) (ex: obeying fighter fighters in a emergency)

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Traditional authority

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Legitimacy arises out of tradition

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Charismatic authority

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Legitimacy based on charisma of the leader, The idea the leader is special or may have supernatural authority

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Legal-rational authority

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Legitimacy based on rule of law

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Socialism

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Social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources

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Capitalism

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Bourgeoisie ceases economic surplus, economics organized around market-based exchange, products produced for profit and no personal gain

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Bourgeoisie

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Class who owned money or other capital that can be used to finance business investments-Employed or exploited the proletariats

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Proletariat

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The working class, controlled and paid by the bourgeoisie

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Forces of production
The societies technological and productive capacity
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Mode of production
The dominant economic system in a society
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Social relations of production
The relationship between people in the economy
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Economic determinism
The economic system determines everything in a society (gov)
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Collective consciousness
Shared values, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, and knowledge that gave people roles in a society
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Cult of the individual
All members of the society respect the individual, holds modern society together
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Interpretive sociology
Study the meaning people give to the world and their actions
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Independent variable
The variable that causes the change (cause)
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Dependent variable
The variable that changes (effect)
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Variable
Concepts whose values change case to case
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How is sociology different from other social sciences?
-not focused on one specific area of life -many concepts and theories apply to society generally -Interested in how the parts interconnect
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How can you tell if something is a norm?
If a norm is broken or violated there will be consequences
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The relationship between norms and institutions
Institutions organize together many norms
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Social structure
Allows us to cooperate, but it can also be unjust or dysfunctional and can limit our free well (Bad things happen when social structure breaks down)
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Negative social structure
When higher status groups try to control resources or opportunities and deny them to lower status groups-Opportunity hoarding
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Positive social structure
Provides an order to society, Some order is emergent-how hierarchy’s emerge
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In what ways can unjust hierarchies be maintained?
Legal means-laws Informal means-Discrimination Stereotypes-Generalization about a group Free will-Ability to choose, think, or act voluntarily
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Marx (father of socialism) (1818-1883)
Determines society-economic system (mode of production) The future-federalism, capitalism, socialism, communism Religion-dependent on economy (Religion is the opiate of the masses)-manipulates people Possession of the economic surplus: Federalism-lords Capitalism-Bourgeoisie Conflict theory-Groups in a society that compete Over limited resources (Oppressors – bourgeoisie, oppressed – proletariat)
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Durkheim (father of sociology) (1858-1917)
More frequent suicide-well educated, small families, recently divorced, Protestant Less frequent suicide-living in war times, large families, married, Catholics Religion-holds society together Holds together modern society-cult of the individual Holds together pre modern society-collective consciousness Promoted anomie-less embedded in a group Functionalism-Social facts, religion, division of labor, collective consciousness-To hold together and work properly 
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Weber (founded first German sociology journal) (1864-1920)
Symbolic interactionalism-The meaning people give to the world and the motivations behind their actions (every situation has meaning) Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism-people in capitalist societies are less economically rational why people obey authority-obey because the government is thought to be legitimate (right thing to do) 
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Urban areas of the 19th century
High poverty, poor public health, increased crime, opportunity hoarding
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4 motives of action (Weber)
Instrumental rationality-to gain or receive an award (lemonade stand) Value rationality-Belief in an ultimate value, regardless of rewards (pursuit of knowledge and learning) (soldier in war) Affectual motives-action guided by positive or negative emotions (get in fight when upset) Traditional motives-Action guided by beliefs and following establish traditions (going to college because your family did) 
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The society
Functionalism
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The situation
Symbolic interactionalism
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Line
Way of acting that expresses individuals in view of the situation, including of self and other participants in any situation a participant takes or acts out of “line”
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Face
The positive social value that someone claims for her self in the situation
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Facework
Action taken by a person to make whatever he is doing consistent with his face
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Wrong face
Ashamed and inferior
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Saving face
Helping someone else save face
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Situation
Circumstances one finds himself and that may include roles and responsibilities that suggest how to behave
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Manipulating the shared definition of the situation
Failure results in extreme embarrassment
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What is the proper role of values in social scientific research?
Values/morals-should not guide what conclusions one reaches -Are values can help us choose what subjects we research -you need to have faith that the truth is worth pursuing -Research, hypothesis, variables
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Functionalism application (Durkheim)
Systems in the society (religion, marriage, doctors)
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Conflict theory application (Marx)
Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
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Symbolic interactionism application (Weber)
Every situation has meaning and can be symbolically meaningful (family sitting at diner table)

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