Sociology Test 1

The scientific study of human social activity and groups

The special point of view of sociology that sees special patterns of society in the lives of particular people

The study of the larger world and the society's place in it

Changes in society, growth in cities, and political change

Father of socioloy

• 1. Theological explanation/ religious explanations (its gods way)
• 2. Metaphysical stage (karma)
• 3. Positivist stage- uses science to explain why things happen and/or happening

Sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability

Sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. Looks at factors such as social class race age sexual orientation power education and social prestige

• 1. Structural Functional
• 2. social conflict
• 3. symbolic interaction

• 1. Manifest- obvious intended consequences
• 2. latent unintended- (hidden curriculum)
• 3. dysfunctional-negative "consequences"

a statement of how and why specific facts are related

to explain social behavior in the real world

sees society as the product of the everday interactions of individual

• 1. belief/faith we know
• 2. experts (physicians)
• 3. general agreement
• 4. science (way of knowing)

• 1. select topic
• 2. identify a problem/ ask a question
• 3. literature review
• 4. form hypothesis
• 5. choose a research strategy
• 6. select research method
• 7. collect and analyze data
• 8. publish data

• 1. human behavior is not 100% predictable
• 2. the presence of researchers will affect our behaviors "Hawthorne effect"
• 3. its difficult to be objective because we select topics we like
• 4. the world is constantly changing
• 5. the use of technology/ media is constantly changing

the entire way of life of a group of people through which one views the world and is passed from one generation to the next

• 1. material culture
• 2. non material culture (symbolic culture)

• 1. ethnocentrism
• 2. cultural relativism

• 1. symbols (gestures)
• 2. language (sapir)
• 3. values (ideas about what is desirable or right and wrong is a particular group)
• 4. norms (normal behavior)

• 1. multiculturalism
• 2. dominant culture
• 3. subculture
• 4. counterculture

Ideal cultures- the norms values and patterns of behavior that members of a society believe should be observed

Real cultural- the norms, values and patterns of behavior that actually exist within a society

guides public policy, helps our daily lives, allows preparation for a multitude of diverse careers

• a. macro-level
• b. robert merton

• a. macro level
• b. karl marx- conflict is necessary because it creates change
• 1. gender- conflict aproach- pt. of view that focuses on inequality and conflict btw. men and women
• 2. feminism- support of social inequality for women and men 3. race

you can look at anything in society and it has a function