U2 | Sociological Perspective Flashcards
It is interested in the patterns of behaviors and attitudes that emerge throughout the life course, from infacy to old age
Sociology
Part of a lifelong process of socialization
Patterns
It is when people learn what is appropriate for members of a particular culture
Socialization
2 Viewpoints
- Microsociological
- Macrosociological
Socialization helps us to discover how to behave properly an what to expect from others if we follow (or challenge) society’s norms and values
Microsociological
Face-to-face social interaction looking at the individual socialization and how it affects the big picture
Microsciology
Big phenoma/ population starting from a big picture, and looking at how it affects an individual
Macrosociology
Differentiate microsociology and macrosociology
Microsociology is a small scale perspective that looks at how individual socializations affects the big picture. Macrosociology is a big scale perspective that looks at a big picture and how it affects an individual
What are the 3 studies conducted on the role of socialization?
1,Impact of Isolation (wild children)
2. Primate studies (Harry Harlow and rhesus monkeys study)
3. Influence of Heredity (tein studies)
When was Harry Harlow’s study on primates conducted?
1971
3 Sociological Perspectives/ Paradigm
- Structural functionalism
- Conflict theory
- Symbolic interactionism
How each part of the society functions together to contribute to the whole
Structural functionalism
How inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power
Conflict theory
One-to-one interactions and communications
Symbolic interactionism
French social scientist who developed a vigorous methodology that combines empirical research with sociological theory
Emile Durkheim
What was Emile Durkheim regarded as?
Founder of the French School of Sociology
What was Durkheim’s concept of sociological perspectives of the self?
Social Integration and Moral Individualism
Durkheim’s quoted principle
“To love society is to love something beyond us and something in ourselves.”
Durkheim’s work on how people get to live together peaceably and in organized manner.
Division of Labor
Durkeim’s work on how culture, roles and norms bind people together in synchronized behaviors, feelings and thoughts
Social Integration
Durkheim’s work on how the rights and dignity of the individual are based on the principles of equality and justice
Moral Individualism
Conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine the individual’s course of action
Social Facts