Soci final Flashcards
(27 cards)
Sociological Imagination?
The ABILITY to see the impact of SOCIAL FORCES on individuals especially in there private lives.
What are shaped by social forces?
Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors.
Social forces ?
Race, Gender, social class
Sociology is?
The science that explains the behavior of humans by referencing to the CONSEQUINCES of society, social groups, and social forces.
Characteristics of science?
Observation
Objective
Testing
Prediction
What is Empirical Phenomenona
Can be experienced through one of the senses.
When scientists exam in what people think they are doing…
We challenge COMMON SENDE NOTIONS about the world and people.
What are instincts?
Tendencies to act that are…
Present at birth
Inate and unlearned
Common to all members.
Intuition
When a person analyses the environment unconsciously.
Society is not a —— it’s a ——-
It not a they
A major theme
Common conditions called FUNCTIONAL PREREQUISITES
Functional prereq
Achieved in a society to SURVIVE THROUGHOUT TIME
Pattern maintenance
CREATING, TRANSMITTING, and MAINTAINING
Socialization
Process of inculcating the NORMS VALUES AND OTHER CULTURE SHMBOLS. Puts the society in the individual
Norm
Rules For behavior
Ex. One should not steel
Value
Attitudes about something
Ex. Stealing is wrong.
FIRST MAJOR HYPOTHESIS
commitment to NORMS AND VALUES is the PRIMARY source of order in all societies.
Socialization is implemented by
Rewards
Punishment
Education
By ignoring behavior.
Important institutions
Family
Religion
Education
Deviant Motivation
The will to violate a norm
Social control
Process of life LIMITING the expression of DEVIANT MOTIVATION.
What institutions are important for meeting the prerequisite of tension management.
Religion
Criminal justice system
Medical practice
Welfare system
Integration
SOLIDARITY and MORAL
Why is the prereq for integration so difficult to meet
We value the individual more than the group
We value independence and comp
We distrust authority
