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Understanding Theory Flashcards

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Structural functionalism emphasize the role of the _____ & _______

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Major social instituions & how help provide stability to society

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Conflict theorist see what among society?

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Oppression

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Structural functionlist see society as a _________ with a high degreee of social order & social instituions meeting their manifest & latent functions

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Social Harmony

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Primary Socializations

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Most intense time for socializations is during childhood

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Lumpenproletariat

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The unemployed

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Full Circle

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Small group creates its own norms & overtime some of those norms gets shared between more people

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What are the three main theoretical perspectives in sociology?

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  1. Structural functionalism
  2. Conflict Theory
  3. Symnbolic Interaction
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What can conflict theorist overlook?

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Social harmony & equilibrium

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Interactionist theorist study how _____ is created

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Culture

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Symbolic interactions see society as a ________ continually constructing & reconstructed by individuals through their use of shored symbols

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A Social Construction

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Social Change

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Change happening when there are large - scale structural shift in society or in institutions within society

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What is the family institution manifest?

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To reproduce & socialize their children

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Primary Groups

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Small collections of people of which a person is a member usually for life & in which deep emotional ties is developed

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What is the 10th stage of Karl Marx theories?

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Communism

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Culture

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The way of life for a particular group of people

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Social Constructionlist argue is more important to study the _____ of the problem rather than the problem itself

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Idea

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Macro - Level of analysis

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Focuses on the overall social structure of society & large -scale societal forces that affect groups of people

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Manifest Functions

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Reasons why a social institution exist

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Symbolic Interactionism is a _______ theoretical perspective

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Micro-Level ( Focuses on individuals & how they react with small groups)

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Social Solidarity

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The moral oder of society

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Oppression

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The haves holding back the have-nots to maintain their own high status

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Props

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Material object that social actors use to enhance their performance

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Latent Functions

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Are good or useful things that a social institution does but its not the reason why that institution exist ( Ex. Family institution helps the economic institutions by buying products)

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What is the small group that capitalism divide people into?

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Lumpenproletariat

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True Consciousness

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When you wake up from the state of alientated false consciousness & bring about change in society

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Conflict Perspective

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Was created Karl Marx who studied to see how societies grow & change

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Status

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Is the position a person occupies in a particular institution (Can have mutiple statues like college student, son, daughter, etc)

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A role

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Composed of the many behaviors that go into occupying a status (Ex If your status is a college student then your role is to come to class on time, be prepared for class, etc)

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Social Scripts

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The interactional rules that people use to guide the interaction

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30
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What are the two major groups that capitalism divide people in?

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  1. Bourgeoisic - the rich owners of the means of production ( Like tech. & factories)
  2. Proteturial- The poor worker who work for bourgeoisic
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Conflict theorist see what as most of social problems?

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Inequitable distributions of resources & rewards

(Would ask questions like what made the person want to commit a crime?)

32
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Conflict perspective states that different _________ get different ______

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Catrgeory of people, Social Rewards

33
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Durkhem argued that for a society based on ______ to be healthy all parts of society have to be working together

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Organic Solidarity

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Micro-Level of analysis

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Focuses on either an individual or small group of people

35
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Haves

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Individuals & Social institution that gain access to more of society’s scarce rewards

36
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Advance Capitalism

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An economic system based on profits & the pursuit of maximum profit ( 8th stage in Karl Marx theories )

37
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Theoretical Perspective

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Groups of theories that share certain common ways of seeing how society works

38
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Structural Functionlism

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The view of modern societies as independent parts working together

39
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Functions

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Tasks social institutions does on behalf of society

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Species Being

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The unique potential to imagine & then create what you imagine

41
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Front stage

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Where the social interaction occurs

42
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Conflict theorist believe social change should happen how?

43
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What is the second macro- theoretical perspective?

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Conflict Theory

44
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Structural Functionalism is a _________

perspective, which means that its a unit of analysis & the thing being examined is society as whole

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Macro- Theorethical Perspective

45
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Social Institutions

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Are sets of statues & roles focused around one central aspect of society

46
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Structural Functionlist believe if change was to occur it should be done how ?

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Slowly, so it doesnt mess up equilibirum

47
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Mechanical Solidarity

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Doing similar types of labor( Like working on land) & having similar beliefs(Based on religion)

48
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What is the looking glass self theory?

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How a child develops a sense of self ( Created by Cooley)

49
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Social Actors

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Individuals involved in the ineractions

50
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Conflict Perspective is a _________ that analyzes society as a whole

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Macro- Theoretical Perspective

51
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Value Coereion

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Haves use their power over the seven major institutions to force their values onto the have-nots as part of their effects to maintian their higher status in society

52
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Dysfunctions

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Unintended consequences of behavioral patterns

(Ex. When the U.S built highways to help economic instituion it caused air pollution (dysfuction))

53
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Have-Nots

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Those who are unable to get their fair share of social rewards

54
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What are two reasons why structural functionlist believe punishment is important?

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  1. Accepting a punishment is a step towards rehabilitation / resocialization process of the individual back into the community
  2. Believe without punishment bad behavior will spread
55
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Social Constructionism

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While felt in the world by individuals it is created & sustained through social systems, which should be more just

56
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What are the two seetings interactions occur?

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  1. Front stage
  2. Back Stage
57
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Presentation of self skills

58
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Communism

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All citizens would be equal & able to fullfill their species being

59
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What are the steps in the looking glass self theory?

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  1. A child is to imagine how she appears to relevant others( Like parents, siblings, etc) (The child should try to put themselves in the shoes of others & try to understanding how they are feeling)
  2. The child reacts to the feedback other give about their perspective towards the child ( The important thing is the child is responding to the feedback)
  3. The child integrates the 1st two steps into a coherant & unique sense of self
60
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Theories help us with what?

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Help us notice and make sense of social patterns & problems

61
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What is a Theory?

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Is created by one or small number of sociologist in an attempt to explain a certain aspect of the social structure or the kind of social interactions between people

62
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What two classes does Karl Marx theories divide society into?

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  1. Those who own the means of productions
  2. Those who work for the owners
63
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False consciousness

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When you dont see how badly your being treated or mislead

64
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Structural Functionalist believe that ___________ of each institution fulfills the necessary tasks in society

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Manifest Functions ( Ex. Manifest functions of family institution is to reproduce & socialize children)

65
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Organic Solidarity

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Operate like living organisms with various parts where each specialize in only one certain task but rely on other parts to survive

66
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What are the seven Primary social institutions?

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  1. Family
  2. Religion
  3. Economy
  4. Education
  5. Government
  6. Health care
  7. Media
67
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Self

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The Knownledge that he or she is unique seperate from everyone else

68
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What is the 9th stage in Karl Marx theories?

69
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Back Stage

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Where you prepare for the interaction (Like talking to yourself in the car before a date)

70
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Culture inclused ______ & ________ we use to communicate

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Norms & The symbols ( EX. Like langauge, numbers, etc)

71
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Karl Marx also created what?

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Economic Determinism

72
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Alientation

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When your forced to give up your creativity or imagination & give up your species being

73
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Social Problems & Social Change is _______ Concepts

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Macro-Sociologist Concept

74
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Symbolic Interactionism

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Provides the theoreticall balance of sociology

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