Lecture - Perspective

Question 1

Sociology

Answer 1

scientific study of human society

Question 2

Sociological Perspective

Answer 2

• seeing the general in the particular

- seeing the strange in the familiar

Question 3

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 3

assuming other’ behavior is caused by their character rather than social factors

ex. assuming that someone is fired bc they are a bad employee rather than facing the truth that it might’ve been out of their control

Question 4

Emile Durkheim

Answer 4

remember : suicide

showed that personal decisions are influenced by social forces

Question 5

Durkheim theorized

Answer 5

people who live independently are more likely to commit suicide than people embedded in a supporting social network (people who have responsibilities to other people)

Question 6

Durkheim assumed people with more freedom and autonomy would

Answer 6

commit suicide more often

- theory still holds

Question 7

W.E.B. Debois

Answer 7

• first black phD from harvard

- combined activism w. a scientific approach to studying sociology

Question 8

Social Stratification

Answer 8

members of society are ranked in a hierarchy

Question 9

Theoretical paradigm/perspective

Answer 9

Fundamental assumptions about society that guide sociological thinking and research

Question 10

Thomas Hobbs

Answer 10

wrote Leviathan
- “society is like a giant animal”
ie, if one thing stops they are crumble

Question 11

Structural - Function Paradigm

Answer 11

assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote stability

Question 12

Fuctionalism

Answer 12

parts of society function to form a structure analogous to parts of the body that work to keep the structure working. 7

Question 13

Karl Marx

Answer 13

conflict between social classes molds society

Question 14

Social - Conflict Paradigm

Answer 14

assumes that society is a complex system characarized by inequality and conflict that continuously generate social change

Question 15

Feminist Theoretical Perspective

Answer 15

closly related to the social conflict perspective, focusing on patriarchy

Question 16

Harriet Martineau

Answer 16

studied slavery, factory work conditions and gender equality in 1800s
-founder of conflict & feminist perspective

Question 17

Symbolic - Interaction Paradigm

Answer 17

assumes that society is continuously reached as human beings construct reality through interaction
-george herbert mead’s work

Question 18

Social construction of Reality

Answer 18

the only reality that matters to people grows out of social interaction

Question 19

Interaction

Answer 19

reciprocal communication between people

Question 20

Symbol

Answer 20

language or gesture that has moved more than one possible meaning