Knowledge Check Flashcards
(35 cards)
What term is used to describe the functionalist idea that the structures of society work together in the same way as the human body?
Organic Analogy
Which sociologist is associated with the idea of Falsification?
Karl Popper
What are the structural theories of sociology?
Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism
Which sociological perspective believes that social policies have led to a dependency culture?
New Right
What are the social action theories?
Interpretivism, Ethnomethodology, Phenomenology
What are the 3 main feminist perspectives?
Radical, Marxist and Liberal
What is meant by the term social construction?
Created by society, not a naturally occurring phenomena
Which sociologist is generally associated with functionalism as an approach?
Durkheim
Name 2 sociologists associated with postmodernist approach
Lyotard, Baudrillard
What is meant by the term ‘looking glass self’?
Seeing ourselves as others see us
What is AGIL?
Adaption, Goal Attainment, Integration, Latency
What does Goffman mean by ‘Dramaturgical’?
Life is like a play in which the roles of the actors are loosely scripted by society
Which approaches are considered to be conflict approaches?
Feminism and Marxism
What do radical feminists mean by political lesbianism?
Lesbianism is the only way to combat oppression which is caused by sexual politics
What does the term socialisation mean?
The process of learning the norms and values of a society
What did Durkheim mean by social facts?
Things that exist externally to the individual that they cannot control
What did Baudrillard mean by hyper-reality?
The inability to distinguish reality from fiction in the media
What is a metanarrative?
A big picture view of society
Which sociologist is associated with the idea of the looking glass self?
Cooley
What did Garfinkle mean by ‘reflexivity’?
The use of common sense knowledge to make sense of social reality
Which sociologist is associated with Symbolic Interactionism?
Mead
What do feminist sociologists mean when they describe sociology as being malestream?
Ignoring the impact and experience of women
What is the difference between a methodological perspective and a theoretical perspective?
MP = view on how the world should be studied
TP = general view of the world
What 5 elements make up a culture of a society?
norms, values, roles, customs and traditions and status
