ch. 1 study guide

Question 1

what are the social sciences?

Answer 1

• economics
• political sciences
• geography
• psychology
• anthropology
• sociology

Question 2

sociology

Answer 2

study of human social groups
(human societies, social interactions/org/change)

Question 3

“sociological imagination”

Answer 3

ability to understand how your own past relates to others; as well as gen history & societal struc

Question 4

list: karl marx’s contribution to the dev of sociology

Answer 4

conflict theory
- social classes compete for resources
- an unbalanced structure

Question 5

list: emile durkheim’s contribution to the dev of sociology

Answer 5

functionalism perspective
- held together by shared values, languages, & symbols

Question 6

list: max weber’s contribution to the dev of sociology

Answer 6

• conflict theory
• functionalism
• symbolic interaction theory

Question 7

explain: conflict theory

Answer 7

society is a competition for limited resources

Question 8

explain: functionalism

Answer 8

society is a structure designed to meet the biological/social needs of the ppl that make up that society

Question 9

explain: symbolic interaction theory

Answer 9

explanation at the micro level

Question 10

theory

Answer 10

an explanation abt social interactions or society

Question 11

assumptions & ideas: functionalism

Answer 11

• like the body, various parts of society work together to keep society functioning

Question 12

assumptions & ideas: conflict theory

Answer 12

• macro-level approach
• diff social classes competing for social, material, & political resources
• “winners” use their pwr/infl to maintain social institutions

Question 13

assumptions & ideas: symbolic interaction theory

Answer 13

• micro-level theory
• communication is how ppl make sense of their social worlds
• patterns of interaction b/w ppl