Theories 101
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Culture
Socialization
100
Through daily experience, people become falsely conscious of their social positions
What is sociological imagination?
100
Sees society as an organism, as a whole. Each part of society has a role to play, a function within the structure of society.
What is functionalism?
100
Focus is on conflict and struggles over resources in society; Inequality can produce stability or unrest. Those in power attempt to maintain the status quo, while those who are dominate or subordinate attempt to change the system.
What is conflict theory?
100
cross between history and sociology; used to study different cultures and their impacts
What is anthropology?
100
Upper class culture; provide at least two names for this level.
What is elite/dominant/high
200
The study of human interaction and social constructs; how society is formed
What is sociology?
200
Beliefs about what is good or bad/right or wrong.
What are values?
200
Main issue of functionalism and the main issue of conflict theory
What are values and inequality?
200
Things that carry a particular meaning and allow us to classify our experiences and generalize from them.
What are symbols?
200
upscaling vs. downshifting; explain it.
Upscaling: attempt to emulate upper class through consumption practices downshifting: movement backwards towards a simpler life.
300
Theory that is focused on interpersonal relations
What is symbolic interactionism?
300
Values are based off the more collective values of society, or can be fragmented like the US because there are so many different beliefs.
What is collective consciousness?
300
The main theorist associated with Conflict Theory
Who is Karl Marx?
300
broad, general ideas about what is correct and incorrect, good and bad that are shared by members of society
What are values?
300
Subjective aspect of self vs. objective aspect of self; what you want vs. how people see you
What is "I" vs. "me"?
400
Attempt to control how others see us and how they will react to us; what we "give" and what we "give off."
What is impression management?
400
Intended and unintended consequences of actions.
What are manifest and latent functions?
400
The main theorist associated with Functionalism
Who is Durkheim?
400
level of norm: core norm, things we need to do so society can function/not do so it can function and is codified into law
What are Mores?
400
the people who are closest to us vs. representing the attitudes of an entire community.
What are significant others vs. generalized others?
500
Social life as drama. Must understand the different roles in society if we are to become “players” in the game of life.
What is the Dramaturgical Approach?
500
All the ways of acting, thinking and feeling that exist outside the individual and are imposed on the individual, independent of his own will, sometimes against it.
What is a social fact?
500
The main theorist associated with Symbolic Interactionism
Who is Ervin Goffman?
500
Name the other two norms and explain them with one example.
What are folkways and taboos? Folkways: first level, least important but enforced informally Taboos: strongest norms, violations carry severe punishments.
500
Define play, role, and game in order to identify "self."
play: Act out a single role, in order to learn the differences between roles. role: A set of expectations that define behavior viewed as appropriate or inappropriate for a position in society. game: Take on a role within a set of roles and rules. Must understand how all the roles are important to the game
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