final Flashcards
(37 cards)
Sociology
its a science. A systematic attempt to discover and explain human behavior in a group and between groups.
Microsociology
how the closest groups to us impact us in our daily behavior
Macrosociology
How big social processes affect our decisions
Sociology Objective
A desirable behavior
Social Perspective
a way to interprate social phenomena in an objective, critical, approach
Society
a group that has lived and moved together and think of themselves as a social unit
Social Structures
organized patterns or behavior that regulate relationships
Social phenomena
n individual or group behavior
Social forces
the variable patterns of individuals or groups assumptions, attitudes that shape our social climate
Social trends
Bigger social patterns of attitude and behavior that influence our assumptions or attitudes
Status
A position that any person occupies inside a society
Status set
A collection of social statuses
Master status
a principal status by which you are perceived by others
Socialization
Lifelong, learning, transformation process whereby we adquire a sense of personal identity and learn what other people in the sorrounding culture believe and how to expect us to behave
Socialization agents
- childhood->family(basics)
- adolescense->peers(identity)
- young adulthood->self. peers family, VIP peers(perfecting identity)
- middle adulthood-> self family(own)(how to guide)
- late adulthood->self own family(dying)
Culture elements
- language
- cognitive elements(behavior, how to survive)
- symbols
- norms
- values
- beliefe
Ethnocenrism
the tendency to evaluate other cultures in terms of ones own and conclude that the other is inferior. it leads to stereotypes.
Functionalism
-Durkheim
-family, economy, politics, education, religion
-forces: religions, labor relations.(survival)
Esta de acuerdo con las reglas y te gusta seguirlas.
Conflict
-K.Marx
-poor, rich
-social control vs.struggle
crear nuevas reglas, porque estas en contra de las ya existentes.
symbolic interaction
-Max Weber
- our individual
-adaptation
leemos simbolos y elegimos nuestro status
Egotistic
Rejection of society
Altruistic
Burden to society. suicide bomber.
Anomic
too low of a degree of regulation. This type of suicide is committed during times of great stress or change. when market crashes.
Fatalistic
People commit this suicide when their lives are kept under tight regulation. They often live their lives under extreme rules and high expectations. These types of people are left feeling like they’ve lost their sense of self.
