Theme 1
Name one example of Strange in the Familiar
Anything that is the process of detaching yourself from the familiar and routine and viewing it through another lens that allows you to recognize strangeness in what we consider familiar/normal
True or False: Deviance can be both positive and negative
TRUE
Structural Functionalism is much like a(n) ______- because there are systems that perform specific jobs that keep us stable and healthy
Human Body
What are the two approaches to Conflict Theory
Marxist and Non-Marxist
"If we define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" is what theory
Thomas Theorem
The systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and the consequence of difference is known as what?
Sociology
Folkways: a society's custom for routine, casual interaction- often informal norms
Mores: Social standards for proper social conducts- rights vs wrong
Name three institutions in our lives that work together to promote a balance and stable society
Family, Education, Economy, Religion, Government
Name two dominant groups in society and two subordinate groups in society
Subordinate: Jewish, person of color, LGBT, etc
What is the Clean Slate Theory (tabula rasa)
We are born as blank slates and develop our personality through interactions
Being able to see general social patterns in the behavior and treatment of particular "groups" of individuals is called what?
General in the Particular
What is the lifelong process through which people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors?
Socialization
Name one strength and one weakness of structural functionalism
Strength: Examines larger structure of how societies organize into institutions with specific functions, explains how social order is maintained
Weakness: overlooks role of individuals, does not explain persisting conflicts in institutions
A conflict theorist seeks to challenge the ________ in order to create change
Status quo
What is the Looking Glass Self Theory
We construct our sense of self as we try to interpret what others think about us
The ability to see the interplay between self, a historical time period, and the society in which one lives is called what?
Sociological Imagination
What is the totality of our shared, language, knowledge, material creations, and rules for behavior known as
What are the two approaches to structural functionalism
Social pathology and Social disorganization
Conflict theorists view society like what book?
Hint: This series that has been made into movies has a ruling class in which the "Capitol" controls all resources and power. Inequality and competition eventually lead to conflict that promotes change
The Hunger Games
What are the two approaches to symbolic interaction and define one of the two
Labeling theory: claims that nothing is inherently a social problem- it's all about how a situation is labeled
Deviation: examines why individuals deviate and how this can lead to social problems
What is Individuality in the Social Context
The questioning and exploring of how much of who we are is determined by our free will/choice and how much of our individuality is shaped largely by the social context we find ourselves in
What is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture?
Ethnocentrism
Define anomie
Social condition that occurs when a society's previously common values disappear
Name one of the three:
My favorite movie
My favorite color
My favorite letter of the alphabet
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Red
Z
A symbolic interactionist believes reality is crated by our interactions with _______ and ________
each other and our environments