Sociology Flashcards
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what is sociology
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systemic study of social behavior and human groups
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what is a society
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a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations
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structure vs agency
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structure= pre-existing arrangements that influence our behaviours
agency= choices individuals make
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sociological imagination
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- an awareness of the relationship between the individual and the larger society.
- c. Wright Mills
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auguste comte
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- first person to use the term sociology
- positivism
- he observes that societies remain stables (order) but change over time (progress)
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positivism
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- august comte
- belief that the world can best be understood through scientific inquiry
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Emile durkheim
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- focused on the roles of examining religion, suicide and division of labour
- anomie
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Anomie
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- durkheim
- confusion about what is the norm (ex: should we wear masks)
- people get confused (experience anomie) when theres no structure
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karl marx
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- talked about role of class conflict in bringing social change
- examined the things that that made capitalism
- alienation
why society changes
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Alienation
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- feeling of estrangement from other people and oneself
- felt alienated from means of production, work process, products, each other
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verstehen
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- to understand human behavior we must understand other and put ourself in their shoes
- shows importance of empathy
- understanding and insight
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ideal type
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abstraction of a typical case used to compare actual cases
- can describe things that arent real
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functionalist
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- durkheim
- ## what makes social order possible (social structures and integration)
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manifest functions
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- conscious functions of institutions with intended consequences for social order
- function of school is to learn
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latent function
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- unintended functions that may have unplanned consequences
- meeting wife at school
