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SOCIOLOGY FINAL

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sociology
scientific study of society and human behavior
society
people who share a culture or territory
macrosociology
broader view of socitey(functionalist and conflict)
father of sociology
auguste comte; first to propose the scientific method to social life
conflict theory
views society as groups competing for limited resources
Karl Marx
father of conflict theory; "economics is the force for change"
beliefs
concepts that people accept as true about how the world operates
the looking glass self
coined by Charles Cooley; images of how others see us
social world
sociologists take position that the facts of a person's life are the result of that person's social world
what is the research process?
topic, literature, collect data, share results
status
something we occupy
role
what we "play"
research ethics
being honest, truthful, and open
socioeconomic status
income, education, and occupation
achieved status
status one works for
ascribed status
status someone is born with
ethnocentrism
when you hold your own beliefs and culture as superior to others
socialization
begins at birth and ends at death; "society makes us human"
piaget
coined the status of development
primary groups
groups that a characterized by face to face contact
group dynamics
how groups influence individuals and vis versa
group think
(Irving) the leader thinks for everyone
instrumental leaders
group that moves towards a goal
functionalist
everything cotributes to society, good or bad
who came up with the functionalist perspective?
durkheim
poverty line
a low food cost budget, multiplied by 3
feminization of poverty
US trend where poor families are headed by women
material culture
all physical things
cultural lag
varying rules of change
values
socially shared ideas about what is good and desireable
Robin WIlliams
identified the 10 core values of America
cultural diffusion
spread of cultural characteristics from one group to the next
norms
expectations that guide our behaviour
Max Weber
believed religion drives change
Kohlberg
invented the theory of moral development
wealth
poverty and income - debt
C. wright mills
the power elite
W.E.B. Dubois
first african american to earn a PHD from Harvard
social stratification
large groups of people divided into layers that are based on power, property and prestige
social mobility
movement up or down the class ladder
positve prejudice
exaggerated attitude about the good of a group
life span
maximum length of life that is possible for a species
life course
birth- death
Erving Goffman
coined stigma and dramaturgy
stigma
characteristics that discredit people
dramaturgy
how you perseve yourself
Edwin Sutherland
coined white collar crime
white collar crime
crimes in the workplace
what are the 2 most significant things that keep someone out of prison?
marriage and education
differential association theory
you associate with it, you become it
control theory
systems that work against deviance
Garfunkel
coined degradation ceremony- shaming
who was mead?
a symbolic interactionist; said play was important in development of self
what is I and me?
I is the creative part, me is blaming
what is the average income for the US?
$42,000; $60,000 for a family
fallout
homeless in the postindustrial world
social darwinism
the fit will survive and the weak will die out
selective perception
seeing certain features of a situation while ignoring others
prejudice
attitudes
discrimination
actions
internal colonism
slavery
sexual harrassment
was not recognized until the late 1970's
genocide
systematic annihilation of a group based on race or religion
multiculturalism
also known as pluralism
mepuilidoras
export factories along the the mexican border
freud
theorist, treated emotional problems;
psychoanalysis
long- term exploration of the sub- conscious
race
biological
ethnicity
cultural
latino americans
largest minority group in the US
nature
natural by birth
nurture
social environment
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