Sociology chapter one

Question 1

What is Sociology?

Answer 1

The study of society

Question 2

How to Think Like a Sociologist

Answer 2

Develop sociological perspective, take sociological approach.
Bernard McGrane suggested begginers mind, this is how you approach something ans understand it.
-group dynamics and that influences us and around us
-looking at a different point besides our point of view and what we believe.
Inteerconnection between us and society.
Empathy and let us understand

Question 3

Levels of Analysis

Answer 3

Micro sociology- studies face to face, small group interactions that gatherto understand how they affect larger structures, patterns, institutions of a society.

Macrosociology- studies large scale social structures in order to determine how they affect the lives of groups and individuals.

Question 4

Macro-Micro Continuum

Answer 4

Society
Culture
Social institutions
(Econ,politics,education,religion)
Groups
Roles
Socialization
Interaction
Self

Question 5

Auguste comte

Answer 5

-sociology as a scientific disipline
-laid the groundwork and helped build the discipline

Question 6

Herbert spencer

Answer 6

-“survival of the fittest”
-social Darwinism
-Socieities evolve by adapting to their changing environment.

Question 7

Structural functionalism

Answer 7

Emile is the founder
-society is a unified whole
- compromised of social institutions
- family,education,politics,economy,etc.
-each strucuture meets the needs of society.
-Dysfunction

Question 8

Emile Durkheim

Answer 8

-structural functionalist
-3 contributions:
-Mechanical and organic solidarity
-sociological explanations for individual actions.
-Anomie
-Religion
-Sacred
-Profane -religion is holy,sacred,

Organic is industrial
Mechanical

Question 9

Manifest vs. Latent functions

Answer 9

Manifest functions: Those that were intended on purpose, or goal
Latent functions – unintended, consequences after

Question 10

Karl marx

Answer 10

-conflict theory
-central
-change
-capitalism
He said the central thing the conflct was central to all socities, nation, town or 1510 level
Conflict is the driver of all change
Awful person
Spencer is across his tomb
They were rivals
Wrote Das Kapital

Question 11

Max weber

Answer 11

-Bureaucracy
Modern societies are b and charcstitrze by efficiency and bureaucracy should make things easier and routine tasks more efficient and good rule making
B exisit to do many things
His concern was b will spill out to everything and our life will be givenr by b and would not escape it
In the coflict tradition
Had ideas about respect
Idea of prestige
Everyone loved him

Question 12

Geroge herbert mead

Answer 12

Founding father of third theorical perpective
-Symbolic interactionism
-connection between thought and action
-between the individual and society
-meaning derived from social processes

-Society is produced and reproduced through interaction.
-laguage
-face-to-face interaction

Question 13

Macro-sociological Theory

Answer 13

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Question 14

Microsociological Theory

Answer 14

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