Sociology Basics Flashcards
What is Sociological Imagination
It allows us to see the connections between historical and biographical components of society (such as marriage and divorce; though personal, they take place in a historical context)
Social Institutions
A complex group of interdependent positions that perform some social role in society and reproduce themselves over time.
Culture
The ideas, beliefs, values, and symbols of a society. Culture includes beliefs about social institutions, often embedded into symbols
Human Interaction
The processes and manner in which social actors relate to each other. How we speak, behave, and talk about others. Even the same interaction can change the meaning based on the culture and beliefs we hold (i.e, kneeling for the queen vs kneeling for the national anthem).
Social Structure
The enduring, patterned, orderly relationships between institutions and people as well as other elements of a given society. When social structures are ruptured we feel strange or out-of-place. These relationships feel good when they continue in a predictable way, even if we—as people—are critical of these structures.
Egoistic Suicide
They feel they do not belong, and are separate from society
Altruistic Suicide
They feel overpowered by the goals/norms of society, and your sense of individual importance disappears
Anomic Suicide
They have been apart of dramatic social upheaval. Often the moral order is confused, and no one knows what the norms are anymore. The patterns have been discontinued or broken.
Fatalistic Suicide
They feel there is too much order. There is no way to escape this society or community
Stranging the Familiar
To make our own customs seem strange—or to challenge our own societal norms—by taking a new perspective on the subject.
