Introduction to Sociology
Gretchen undertands she has the ability to make social change on a small or large scale basis.
What is agency.
Harriet Martineau believed this was necessary for a society to evolve.
What is justice?
The conflict perspective comes from the writings of this classical sociologist.
Who is Karl Marx?
A credit card, a national anthem and a big mac are all examples of this "type of culture".
What is material culture?
Mrs. Koontz presented a slide with 4 processes of socialization. The process that involves rewards and punishments reflects which theoretical perspective?
What is behaviorism?
According to C. Wright Mills this quality of mind allows us to see how our private troubles connect to public issues.
What is the sociological imagination?
This sociological paradigm that tends to view society as one smoothly functioning machine or "body" made up of many parts or organs that each have a function.
What is functionalism?
This sociologist coined the term sociology and discovered the value of using science to study the social world.
Who is August Comte?
Religion and norms are examples of this "type" of culture.
What is "non-material" culture?
Freud argued we have 3 parts to our personality. Which part did he think was bound up by sexuality/aggression impulses?
What is the ID?
Kent is an American. He, like his friends, believe each person creates his/her path and largely get disregards the social context. What type of culture does this belief reflect?
What is a culture based on individualism as opposed to collectivism.
A theoretical paradigm that focuses on how the social world is constructed through everyday interactions and the meanings that people give to them.
What is symbolic interaction?
This sociologist wrote about the rationalization of modern life and the impact of culture on shaping people's behavior.
Who is Max Weber?
Till death do us part, yet there is a 30 - 40% divorce rate reflects the concept of the ideal not matching the real. This term is________.
What is cultural inconsistency?
This theory of socialization argues that we view ourselves through the eyes of others that we care about.
What is the looking glass self?
Durkheim felt it was important to study how these impacted and shaped our individual lives.
What are social facts?
Karl Marx condemned the bourgeoisie's exploitation of the ________.
What is proletariat?
This feminist sociologist is not often known about or celebrated but her work in translating the works of August Comte brought sociology to the masses.
Who is Harriet Martineau?
Failing to open the door someone is an example of what type of weak norm?
What is a folkway?
Primary groups have close personal ties.
The best description for secondary groups is:
What is less personal, often are temporary?
According to C. Wright Mills, the way to solve one of these is to re-arrange or change structures and patterns within the society.
What is a public issue?
Regarding solidarity, Emile Durkheim raised a concern how modern society would not be held together by_________solidarity which meant there would not be the glue of commonality.
According to Durkheim, this type of solidarity emerges from a highly developed division of labor, where people rely on one another to fullfill each other's needs and wants.
What is organic solidarity?
Embracing a culture diversity and recognizing it enriches a country is referred to as__________.
What is multiculturalism?
Prisons, rehabilitation facilities and boarding schools are all examples of these.
What are total institutions?