Unit 1
Seeking explanations from an alien view, removing judgment and bias.
What is Sociological imagination?
The entire way of life of a group of people that acts as a lens through which one views the world.
What is Culture?
The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of our social group, by which we become functioning members of society.
What is Socialization?
Deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that are NOT a part of a person lifestyle or self concept.
What is Primary Deviance?
A group within society that openly rejects or actively opposes society’s values and norms.
What is Subculture?
If something exists in society, it serves a function. Views society as a complex but orderly and stable system with interconnected structures and functions or social patterns that operate to meet the needs of individuals in a society.
What is Structural Functionalism?
Ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, desirable or worthy in a particular group; they express what the group cherishes and honors.
What is Values?
Created the theory of looking glass self.
Who is Cooley?
Deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms.
What is Secondary Deviance?
The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.
What is Deviance?
Conflict is a fundamental part of the social order. Resources are limited so there will always be a fight over them. Rich people use poor people for their labor and extract money off the top.
What is Conflict Theory?
Rules or guidelines regarding what kinds of behavior are acceptable and appropriate within a particular culture; these typically emanate from group values.
What are Norms?
Created the theory of imitation.
Who is Mead?
Redefining the stigma associated with a deviant label as a positive phenomenon.
What is Tertiary Deviance?
In a society populated by perfect individuals, there might be no murder or robbery, but there would still be deviance.
What is Society of Saints?
Symbols have meaning. Brain is full of symbols and they start in mind then manifest into reality.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
The values, norms, and practices of the group within society that is most powerful.
What is Dominant Culture?
Created the theory of Dramaturgy.
Who is Goffman?
The management of undisclosed discrediting information about self.
What is Goffmans Theory of Passing?
Rich make deviant standards and punish the poor for it.
What is Conflict Theorists view on deviance?
Rejects ideas embedded in the head.
What is Postmodern Theory?
A group within society that is differentiated by its distinctive values, norms, and lifestyle.
What is Subculture?
Freuds three parts of self.
What is Id, Ego, and Superego?
A condition of instability and disintegration. Happens when previous common norms and values disappear or disintegrate
What is Anomie?
A young man across the street is a thief because he was seen in the company of other young men with deviant behavior
What is Labeling Theory?