Chapter 1: Intro to Sociology

Question 1

Sociology

Answer 1

study of groups and society

Question 2

Society

Answer 2

group who live in a defined geographic area, interact w/ each other, have a common culture

Question 3

Culture

Answer 3

shared practices, beliefs, social rules

Question 4

Sociological Imagination

Answer 4

an awareness of the relationship between a person’s behavior and wider culture that shapes choices

Question 5

Cultural Patterns

Answer 5

social forces put pressure on people to select one choice over another

Question 6

Social Facts

Answer 6

laws, morals, beliefs that govern social life

Question 7

Social Structure

Answer 7

individuals and society are inseparable

Question 8

Figuration

Answer 8

process of analyzing behavior of individual and society which shapes behavior

Question 9

Social Institution

Answer 9

patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on meeting social needs

Question 10

Positivism

Answer 10

study of social patterns (scientifically)

Question 11

Significant Other

Answer 11

greatest impact to your “looking-glass self”

Question 12

Generalized Other

Answer 12

generalized attitude of the group

Question 13

Verhstehen

Answer 13

understand in a deep way, understand from an insider POV

Question 14

Antipositivism

Answer 14

strive for subjectivity to represent social processes, norms, values

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Social Solidarity

Answer 15

social ties

Question 16

Grand Theories

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attempting to explain large-scale relationships and answers questions about why society forms and changes

Question 17

Structural Functionalism

Answer 17

paradigm, society functions together for the whole, ex. organs in a body

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Dynamic Equilibrium

Answer 18

all parts work together to be stable

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Manifest Functions

Answer 19

sought or anticipated consequences of social action

Question 20

Latent Function

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unsought consequences of social action

Question 21

Dysfunctions

Answer 21

undesirable consequences for society

Question 22

Conflict Theory

Answer 22

how inequalities contribute to socioeconomic different and perpetuates power, competition for limited resources

Question 23

Critical Theory

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addresses structural issues causing inequality, expansion of conflict theory

Question 24

Symbolic Interactionist Theory

Answer 24

focuses on one-on-one interactions and how communication shapes the world

Question 25

Constructivism

Answer 25

propose reality is what humans construct and how they decide what is deviant