Core Sociological Concepts
This type of socialization ends once the generalized other has been internalized.
What is primary?
Lareau describes two different schools in her book to highlight the economic and class differences inherent in each setting. The names of these two schools are ____ and _____ _______. (Unequal Childhoods)
What are Swan and Lower Richmond?
Melissa attended a Sporting KC soccer game with a friend last Friday. Melissa wasn’t a big fan of sports or soccer, typically, but as she watched the game, listened to the fans sing and chant, she couldn’t help but find herself feeling very connected to the team and excited for them to score the next goal. Melissa was experiencing what Durkheim would call the phenomenon of _________ ____________.
What is collective effervescence?
Sociologists believe this shapes and constrains people's agency.
What is social structure?
Families, the educational system, religion, government, the economy, and health care are all types of social __________.
What are institutions?
A style of parenting marked by a parent's attempts to foster their child's talents by incorporating organized activities in their children's lives. (Unequal Childhoods)
What is concerted cultivation?
Consistent with the ideas of Durkheim, the notion that it’s wrong to punch someone in the face stems from our _______ _______.
What is collective conscience?
The invisible knapsack in Peggy McIntosh’s article is an analogy for _______.
What is privilege?
The term for an idea or concept that seems to be a natural and unquestioned fact, but is just a product of social invention
What is a social construct?
McIntosh states in her article White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack that people who possess this invisible advantage have the freedom and luxury to ignore or deny that racial inequality is a reality. This invisible advantage is known as _________ power.
What is unearned?
Taylor Swift fans speak about their experience attending her Eras Tour concerts. They say that it felt almost like a religious experience; they felt very connected to the others in the crowd and gained a lot of energy from the experience. Durkheim would say this an example of _________ _________.
What is collective effervescence?
A child who is severely neglected during the early phase of their life will miss out on this important phase.
What is primary socialization?
A person dealing with homelessness in Lawrence would be having a ____ _____, whereas high homelessness
rates in the state of Kansas would be considered a ______ ___. (Sociological Imagination)
What is personal trouble, public issue?
When somebody asks you to "______ ____ _________" they are asking you to pause and consider how the advantages you've had in life are contributing to your opinions and actions, and how the lack of disadvantages in certain areas is keeping you from fully understanding the struggles others are facing and may in fact be contributing to those struggles. (Oluo's article)
What is check your privilege?
Durkheim believed that crime serves an important function in our society in that it reaffirms our __________ __________.
What is collective conscience?
The phase of __________ in the socialization process means taking in and learning all the culture around us.
What is internalization?
_________ occurs when preexisting roles, identities, and norms are changed in a new environment, such as when joining the military or going to prison.
What is resocialization?
A foundation of American ideology that has been criticized as a myth. The sentiment behind this ideology is that a person can rise above their social-economic class and achieve any goal they have in mind as long as they work hard enough. (McIntosh's article)
What is meritocracy?
A tribe in a South American jungle consists of about two dozen families who hunt and gather, care for children, and perform daily spiritual rituals to serve the needs of the community. All of the members of this tribe perform these same duties for the benefit of the whole group. According to Durkheim, this society is connected by ____________ solidarity.
What is mechanical?
Sally is 5 years old, and her parents tell her repeatedly that she can never play football because she is a girl. Society reinforces this notion by not allowing girls to play on football teams. By the time Sally reaches high school, she doesn’t even think about trying out for the football team because she believes that she cannot play the game. Berger & Luckman would say that Sally has _____________ the idea that she cannot play football. When Sally has a daughter of her own, she tells her daughter that she cannot play football. Berger & Luckman would say that Sally is _____________ the same message to her daughter.
What is internalized; externalizing?