Exam 1 Flashcards
Explain and provide examples of the sociological imagination, including its application in understanding social structure.
The Sociological Imagination encapsulates everyday activities which help us form society individually. It also encapsulates how everything you do contributes into society as some way.
Example: Thinking about how your daily interactions with friends and family contribute to the larger social structure.
What is the difference between (1) the methods of dispersing culture throughout society, and (2) ideologies associated with other cultures discussed in class?
In the first example, many methods are being stolen from other cultures and being used as their own, but in the second example, we are simply learning about other ideologies and these ideologies can be used in other cultures as it does not embody theft.
Example: Using traditional dances from one culture in a new music video without crediting the original culture vs. learning about the religious beliefs of a different culture in a sociology class.
What are the three foundational theoretical approaches in sociology? How are each of the three foundational theoretical approaches in sociology different from one another?
Structural Functionalism (Everyone has their own “function”), Conflict Theory (Power, Competition), and Symbolic Interactionism (Texting, logos indicating companies or words)
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What are the differences between focused and unfocused interactions.
In focused interactions, two or more individuals are engaging in the same activity together. In Unfocused Interactions, they are both experiencing different activities.
Example: Having a conversation with a friend (focused) vs. sitting in a waiting room with strangers (unfocused).
What is sociology?
The Study of Society.
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What is the relationship between correlation and causation?
Correlation doesn’t always imply causation, but causation always implies correlation.
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Define culture and its different roles in society.
Everyone has their own lives that they are living and their own cultures with their own set of rules and ideologies that they are following. Nobody has the same experience in society and everyone is unique.
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What is socialization and its role in society?
Socialization is the act of imprinting, or being imprinted on, certain ideas or preferences and this is one of the biggest parts of society as everyone shares their ideas and preferences with each other and changes who we are as we hear about this.
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How do relations manifest different in group/organizational settings?
People may be more shy to speak up in a group or it may lack individuality.
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Discuss the different types of identity and its influence on socialization.
There are many different types of identity such as Gender, Religion, Sexuality, Beliefs, Music Taste, etc. However, many of these things are products of intense socialization.
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What components of social structure have we discussed this semester? How are they related and how are they distinct from one another?
Communities, Stereotypes, Connections. All of these contribute to the apartment building of society in different ways
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What role does space and time play in our daily social life in audience segregation?
It implies that people of the same preferences and/or culture throughout all time would be in the same group of people which is simply not true.
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Discuss the importance and descriptions of social structure.
All the components of social structure build up an entire society, or an apartment building if you will, and all of these components need to work together to function as a society, no matter how miniscule they are.
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What is a level of analysis and its relationship to developing a research study and research methods, as a whole?
The level of analysis is used to understand the scale of your targeted research group.
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What is the sociological distinction between the two types of groups?
The First Group are people very close to you such as best friends and significant others and family members. The Second Group are people you don’t know very well or at all such as celebrities or politicians.
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Explain the (1) the stages of socialization, (2) how we socialize, and (3) how certain social contexts influence socialization differently.
1 and 2 I believe can be lumped together. The Stages of Socialization go from having a conversation with someone to spending your entire life with them and both of these actions have an impact on the way you think of the world around you and objects around you. However certain social contexts may influence this, such as if you try to talk to someone about LGBTQ rights in a Christian Church, they may be less inclined to believe you.
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What is social structure’s influence on individuals?
Social Structure, while keeping everything together, can also cause people to feel as though they need to fit into a specific norm.
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Explain and provide examples of the difference between micro and macro sociology
Micro Sociology is the act of researching a small group around you and their actions. Macro Sociology would be researching the entire country and their actions.
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What is the role of surveillance within an organizational setting?
To make sure everything is going as planned by the higher ups.
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How has the principles of McDonalds influenced our social world?
The desire to know what you’ll be getting instead of new experiences, and going for quantity over quality. Fast food has also become very ingrained into our culture.
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How has/does industrialization and colonialism influenced cultural diversity?
Industrialization and Colonialism have both caused people to feel as though they have to work for the machine and not go for a unique experience in their lives.
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How has the principles of McDonalds influenced our social world?
The desire to know what you’ll be getting instead of new experiences, and going for quantity over quality. Fast food has also become very ingrained into our culture.
Example sentence: Many people choose fast food over trying new cuisines because of the principles of McDonalds.
How has/does industrialization and colonialism influenced cultural diversity?
Industrialization and Colonialism have both caused people to feel as though they have to work for the machine and not go for a unique experience in their lives.
Example sentence: The impact of industrialization and colonialism on cultural diversity can still be seen today.
Discuss the social implications of cultural appropriation.
Cultural Appropriation can, and has in the past, caused other cultures to die out after having their entire culture stolen from them.
Example sentence: Cultural appropriation leads to the exploitation and erasure of marginalized cultures.
