Soc Midterm 1 Flashcards

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what is sociology?

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the study of human beings in relation to one another (study of society)

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2
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what do sociologists study?

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interconnections between society

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3
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macro-level

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border social forces
idea that nothing is in your control

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micro-level

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individual experiences/choices

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looking for ways that society shapes people’s choices instead of their actions being shaped solely by personal choices

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strange in the familiar

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broader social patterns reflected in the actions of individuals

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general in the particular

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society’s expectations of how we are supposed to be

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norms

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people’s capacity to make choices, which then have an impact on people around them and the society they live in

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agency

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9
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the opportunities someone has based on various factors, including ethnicity and gender

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life chances

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10
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3 approaches to theorizing:

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positivist
interpretive
critical

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11
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ability to perceive interconnections between individual experiences and larger sociocultural forces

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sociological imagination

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12
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-person who defined the definition of sociology on the basis of the sociological imagination
-looked at difference between micro (biography) and macro (history)
-goal was a better, more equal society

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C. Wright Mills (1916-1962)

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-signifiant forerunner to sociology
-looked at power dynamics within society and how certain hierarchies emerge

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Khaldun (1332-1406)

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-time in which there was a change in the order and thinking of the universe
-power of religion declined, power of science grew (turning to more evidence-based thinking)

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French Revolution (1789-1799) and the accompanying Enlightenment

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-coined the term sociology
-suggested that scientific method/empirical research could be applied to social phenomenon

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Auguste Comte (1798-1857)

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16
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basic orientation of sociology

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“society is greater than the sum of all its parts”

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sociological toolkit

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-empirical research methods
-sociological theorizing
-critical thinking

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data collection that produces verifiable findings; carried out using systematic procedures

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empirical methods

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propositions intended to explain facts/phenomenon

20
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approach to theorizing that emphasizes explanation and prediction; quantitative, related to science
excludes information/context&raquo_space; flawed
Emile Durkheim

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positive approach

21
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approach to theorizing that focuses on the ways people come to understand themselves, others, and the world around them
Max Weber

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interpretive approach

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approach to theorizing that explores that explains the role power plays in social processes and emphasizes the importance of knowledge being tied to emancipation; power dynamic that needs to be examined
Michel Foucault and Karl Marx

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critical approach

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time period:
distinct disciplinary boundaries (between Social, psych, anthropology, history, etc.)

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20th century

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time period:
post-disciplinary and interdisciplinarity (boundaries between disciplines are being erased)

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21st century

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-one of the founders of the functionalist view -said science could be explained by society -thought there were laws governing society and that's how it's able to operate outside of individuals -did studies on suicide, discovered that catholics were less likely to commit suicide than protistans -took positivist approach
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
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-worked toward empathetic understanding (looked at context to understand self/others) -interpretive approach
Max Weber (1864-1920)
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-had the idea that power cannot be overcome, it just shifts location -repressive hypothesis - you are deluded if you are moving toward a utopian ideal -critical approach
Michel Foucault
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-criticized capitalism and how it was unfair -created a utopian end ideal -idea that power can be overcome by dismantling it -thought the way we organize society is why some people succeed and some don't
Karl Marx (1813-1883)
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an intended function of one of society's structures
manifest functions
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an unintended function of one of society's structures
latent functions
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collectively shared criteria by which we determine whether something is right or wrong
values
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one of society's structures no longer fulfills its function effectively
dysfunctional
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a feeling of normlessness
anomie
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-doesn't acknowledge hierarchy in society -how different aspects of society interact with each other -everyone pays a functional role in society -society is like a living organism working toward homeostasis
functionalist perspective
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traditional institutions in a society:
economy family politics education religion
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newer institutions in society:
science and technology mass media sport military medicine