Exam 1 Flashcards
role strain
incompatibility among the roles corresponding to a single status
role conflict
incompatibility among roles corresponding to two or more statuses
3 insights that make up sociological perspective
seeing the general in the particular, seeing the strange in the familiar, and individual biographies are carried out within particular historical and social contexts
seeing the general in the particular
sociology helps us see general patterns in the behavior of particular individuals
seeing the strange in the familiar
we become used to norms that should be considered strange because we are socialized into our cultures
biographies carried out within particular historical and social contexts
social forces shape individuals’ options and behaviors
Durkheim theory on suicide
not based on individual action but rather social integration
what does integration rates?
decrease
if suicide was psychologically based
then suicide should be random
agency
individuals making choices and being able to see the results
structure
institutions around individuals that also shape behavior
paradigm
overarching model of social life
three theoretical frameworks
structural-functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic-interactionalism
macro-level analysis
a concern with broad patterns that shape society as a whole
micro-level analysis
focus on small-scale patterns of social interaction in specific settings
functionalism and conflict theory are based in
macro-level analysis
symbolic-interactionalism is based in
micro-level analysis
structural-functionalist
sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
social structure
relatively stable pattern of social behavior
structures
institutions
examples of institutions
family, economy, education