Syg 200 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is sociology? - Answer- Is one of the social sciences disciplines that examine the human or special world. What is society? - Answer- A people who live in a defined geographic area who interact with one another and who share a common culture. Be able to identify how each of these concepts could be used to explain a single social phenomenon. - Answer- This perspective is called a "realist"approach to social science. In contrast, "non-realist" approaches argue that one single concep...

Sociology - Answer- The study of human society Sociological imagination - Answer- The ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces Social institution - Answer- A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time OR an institution that works to shape the behavior of the groups or people within it Auguste Comte - Answer- Invented "social ph...

anomie - Answer- despair when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little regulation. conflict theory - Answer- Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic force of social change and society in general. division of labor - Answer- degree to which jobs are specified double conciousness - Answer- Concept by W.E.B. Du Bois to describe the two behavioral scripts. One fro moving through the world, and the other incorporating others external opinions....

Free Rider Problem - Answer- the notion that when more than one person is responsible for getting something done, the incentive is for each individual to shirk responsibility and hope others will pull the extra weight -caused by lack of selfish incentives of capitalism -justification for oppressive rule emanating from some central agency Income - Answer- money received by a person for work, from transfers (gifts, inheritances, or government assistance), or from returns on investments -me...

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWERSThe ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. The capacity to think systematically about how things we experience as personal problems -- for example, debt from student loans, competing demands from divorced parents, or an inability to form a rewarding romantic relationship -- are really social issues that are widely...

Conflict/Critical Theory - Answer- -Theoretical framework that assumes that society is held together by power and oppression. -Views groups in society as engaged in continuous power struggle or conflict -Conflict may take form of politics, litigation, and negotiations. People who have more political, economic, and social resources have more privileges than those who do not have these resources. -Helps to explain social change, but does not explain social stability. Also doesn't explain soci...

anomie - ANSWER-despair when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little regulation. conflict theory - ANSWER-Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic force of social change and society in general. division of labor - ANSWER-degree to which jobs are specified double conciousness - ANSWER-Concept by W.E.B. Du Bois to describe the two behavioral scripts. One fro moving through the world, and the other incorporating others external opinions. ...

Sociological Imagination - Answer- The ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history, and understand the personal troubles and social problems Who came up with the Sociological Imagination - Answer- C. Wright Mills Social Institutions - Answer- A group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social role Examples of social institutions - Answer- Family, legal system, Education system History of Soc: Theological stage - An...

Sociology - Answer- Systematic study of human interaction. *It is a social science Human Agency - Answer- free will; causes humans to be unpredictable Core concepts of Sociology - Answer- 1) social structure 2) social process Families as context: - Answer- 1) foster racial, ethnic, and religious identities 2) teach basic rules of society 3) provide first social networks 4) influence education/cognitive capacities through life long interactions 5)help in latter life Sociologica...