Sociology Mid Term

Auguste Comte

quality of the mind that allows us to understand the relationship b/w our individual circumstances and larger social forcesC. Wright millsComponents: ability to understand intersection b.w biography, and history

Structural-Functional Paradigm, Social-Conflict Paradigm, and Symbolic-Interaction Paradigm

SF Strength: inclusion of all social institutions.Weakness: provides little insight in social processes b.c model of society is static

SF:Emile DurkheimCT: Karl MarxSI: George herbert Mead

what must be added to true beliefs to convert them into knowledge?**

based on scientific experimentation or observation

survey, likert scale, negative questions, representative sample, probability sample, sime random sampe, weightingINDEPENDANT AND DEPENDANT VARIABLEEXPERIMENTAL METHOD

variables he had manipulated were not the cause of productivity, rather it was the effect of being studied

causation- a relationship b.w variables where a change in one produces change in another

Mean = AVGmedian = middleThe mode is the category or score with the highest frequency in the distribution.

advantages of using systemic reasearch to study social world, sums up kinds of questions soc. ask and argues important to be soci mindful when addressin soc reserch

Asch- complianceMilgram- nazi camp saying only following commandszimbardo, power of auth.

culture - way of life of a group of ppllanguage, gestures, style, customs, tools

social strat - form or another is present in all socieites, members of a given socity are divided in groups and placed in a social hiearchy

sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically new social or cultural environment

the time b.w changes in material culture or technology and resulting changes in broader cultures relevant norms, values, meanings and laws.

sub cul- group within society that is differentiated by its distincitve values, norms, and lifestyleCounter- group within society that openjey rejects societys values and norms

ethnocentrism - principle of using ones cultures as a standard bu which to eval another group or person, leading the view that culutre weirdCR- understanding other cultures in their terms rather than judging

people who interact in such a way as to share a common culture.

sense o dissatisfaction the modern worker feels as a result of producing goods that are owned and controlled by someone else-ex-factory boss gets rich off workerfalse consciousness - denial on part of oppressed when they fail to reconize the interests of ruling class in their ideology-ex- religion creats false

soc- process of learning and internalize the values, belifes and norms of soc gorup, which become functioniong members of socpersonality -a patterned body of habits, traits, attitudes and ideas of an individual as these are organized externally into roles and statuses and as they relate internally to motivation, goals and various aspects of self hood.

isolation affects speech development.

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societym culture or group

re- process of replacing prev. learned norms and values with new onestotal institution- which individuals cut off from society so lives are contolled and regulated for stripping (Goffman)

drama- social life analyzd in terms of similarites to theatrical perf.Goffman

studty of fold methods and background knowledge that sustains a shared sense of reality in everyday interatcions-Harold Garfinkel

group - collections of ppl who share attribute and ID with one anotherPrimary- people most important to our snese of self, members relationship typically char. by face to face2ndary- larger less intimate than primar groups, members relationships usually organized around oal

provides standard of comparision against which we eval self

exploitation, prostitute pimp, client

division of society in group arranged in a social hierarchySlavery, caste, social class

Davis and Moore argue that the most difficult jobs in any society are the most necessary and require the highest rewards and compensation to sufficiently motivate individuals to fill them.

Weber: Wealth and prestige to help gain higher finacialMarx- feudal system, monumental changes economic relations

system of beliefs, attitudes, and values that directs society and reproduces status quo

relative poverty below scoietys standards ie walmart workerAbsolute cant

poverty

poverty / absolute

Stigma- physical or social attribute that devalues a person or groups Identity and that may exclude those who are devalued from normalManagement-

toward working class students stigma of their class