THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY Flashcards
According to Timothy (2008) State with a large population wherein its economy is structured according to specialization and a division of labor.
Complex
These economic features spawn a bureaucratic class and institutionalized inequality
Complex
According to social constructionism theory that it is a notion, or connotation placed on an object or event by a society, and adopted by that society with respect to how they view or deal with the object or
event.
Socially Constructed
Sociologist defines it as changes in human interactions and relationships that transform cultural
and social institutions.
Social Change
Changes occur over time and often have profound and long-term consequences for society.
Examples: workers’ right, women’s right , LGBTQIA+
Social Change
Direction of Social Change
change we wish to
see in the world
How do we start change?
It begins with how and when but don’t stop on
LISTENING AND ACCEPTANCE
The admissions process at major American
universities has:
d) undergone serious revision over time
The application of imaginative thought to the asking and answering of sociological questions. Someone using the sociological imagination “thinks himself away” from the familiar routines of daily life.
sociological imagination
The underlying regularities or patterns in how people behave in their relationships with one another.
social structure
An idea or practice that a group
of people agree exists. It is maintained over time by
people taking its existence for granted.
social construction
The social processes through which
children develop an awareness of social norms and values
and achieve a distinct sense of self.
socialization
We learn and internalize norms as young people
through a process
socialization
is that it is rational for individuals to act this way
Social Order
State that exist in absence of chaos
Social order
