Test 1 Flashcards
Social solidarity
- the degree to which group members share beliefs and values
- intensity and frequency of their interaction
egoistic/anomic suicide
suicide due to a lack of social ties/weak social solidarity
altruistic suicide
ex: soldiers sacrificing themselves to save their comrades/strong social solidarity
social structures
relatively stable patterns of social relations
microstructures
patterns of relatively intimate social relations formed during F2F interaction. Families, close friends, and work groups
macrostructures
patterns of social relations above a person’s circle of intimates/acquaintances. Classes, patriarchy, and bureaucracies
global structures
patterns of social relations above the national level. International organizations, economic relations b/w countries, etc.
social Darwinism
the idea that societies advance in the same way as biological systems (natural selection)
theories
tentative explanations of some aspect of social life; state how and why certain facts are related; help to broaden knowledge of social problems
research
systematically observing social reality, often to test a theory/assess its validity
values
ideas of what’s good/bad, right/wrong
class conflict
center of conflict theory; struggle b/w classes to resist and overcome the opposition of other classes
cultural hegemony
control of a culture by ruling classes to the point where their values are universally accepted by everyone as common sense
poststructuralism
denies stability of social structures, always shaping how people think and act, and categorizing social and cultural elements as opposites (male/female, black/white, etc.)
Protestant ethic
belief that religious doubts can be reduced and a state of grace ensured if people work hard and live simple.
