first reading

Question 1

Sociology:

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The systematic study of humans.

Question 2

Society:

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People who live in a defined territory and share a culture.

Question 3

Sociological perspective:

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Seeing the general in the particular. The point of view in sociology which sees the genera patterns of society in the lives of particulars.

Question 4

The best way to see sociologically is:

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Living on the margins( the outside)

or during a crisis.

Question 5

Global perspective:

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The study of the larger world and our society place.( Important because sociology is about our place in society so we should know where our society fits in others)

Question 6

Origins of Sociology:

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The result of social forces such as:

• New industrial economy( From family to factories. Weakens traditional communities)
• Growth of cities(People move to cities for jobs, homelessness, crime, and a new impersonal social world)
• Political change(personal liberty and individual rights, aka self interest)

Question 7

Three stages of sociology:

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• Theological(religious views and society expressed gods will)
• Metaphysical(Society is a natural and not religious vibe)
• Scientific( Add some science to it)

Question 8

Comtes approached positivism:

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A scientific approach to knowledge based on positive facts, as opposed to speculation.

Question 9

Benefit of sociology and personal growth

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• Asses truth fo common sense
• See opportunities and constraints in your life
• Empowers to participate in society
• helps us live in a diverse world

Question 10

Theory:

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A statement of how and why specific facts are related

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Two big questions for a sociologist on deciding what theory to use:

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• What issue should we study

- how should we connect facts

Question 12

Theoretical approach:

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A basic image of society that guides thinking and reason

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The three major theoretical approaches:

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• Structural function
• Social conflict
• Symbolic interaction

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The structural function approach:

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See society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Involves ‘social structure’ and ‘social functions’

• Like the human body. All the parts work together to keep us going
• Macro

Question 15

Social structure:

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Any relatively stable pattern of societal behavior

Question 16

Social functions:

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The consequences of a social pattern for the operation of society as a whole

Question 17

Some functions of social structure:

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• Manifest function(Recognized and intended consequences of patterns)
• Latent function(Unrecognized and unintended consequences)
• Social disfunction(Patterns that disrupt society)

Question 18

Down side of structural function and so they created:

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• not good at dealing with social class, race, gender, ect- seen as conservative.
• The created the social conflict approach

Question 19

The social conflict approach:

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theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change.
-Macro

Question 20

Two main branches of the social conflict approach

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• Gender

- Race

Question 21

Symbolic interaction approach:

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• Micro/the individual
• theory that sees society as the product of everyday actions of individuals.
• As we define our surrounding we create ‘reality’