Syg 2000 exam questions Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

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...

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...

SYG 2000 Exam 1 Latest Update 2023- Already Passed!! The Sociological Imagination - ANSWER The vivd awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society Social Force - ANSWER Anything humans crate that influence or pressure people to behave in a certain way Social Fact - ANSWER Collectively imposed ways of thinking that exist outside the consciousness of the individual Mechanization - ANSWER Process of replacing human and animal muscle with external sources of pow...

Race and Ethnicity - ANSWERSforms an individual's identity and impacts sense of self By categorizing people based on race/ethnicity we stratify society- which leads to inequality. may be based on biological traits. Ethnicity - ANSWERSIt is applied to a group of people who have a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage. The individuals within ethnic groups could have an array of biological characteristics and there can be overlap or shared characteristics between groups. Eye c...

Race and Ethnicity - ANSWERSforms an individual's identity and impacts sense of self By categorizing people based on race/ethnicity we stratify society- which leads to inequality. may be based on biological traits. Ethnicity - ANSWERSIt is applied to a group of people who have a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage. The individuals within ethnic groups could have an array of biological characteristics and there can be overlap or shared characteristics between groups. Eye c...

The concept used to describe opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context - Answer- Sociological Imagination When sociologists group people into categories based on their age, gender, education level, job, and motivation for our thinking and behavior. - Answer- Social Location Sociologists emphasize most as being the determining motivation for our thinking and behavior. - Answer- Society & Social Locatio...

The proportion of the U.S. population in prison (the incarceration rate): - Answer- Increased, 1980 to 2000, from harsher sentencing, not from more crime In doing research for Paying for the Party, sociologists Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton (2014) actually lived with their student subjects in student dorm for one year to increase: - Answer- - validity Which of the following is true regarding interpersonal violence against women? - Answer- - One reason for abuse in the home is t...

culture, national origin, language, religion - ANSWER ethnicity less powerful group, dominated in different aspects, religious minorities and gender minorities - ANSWER minority

Integrating a normal, dominant subculture with your own - ANSWER Ethnic Subculture Norms and values completely deviate from dominant culture (hippies, Amish, criminals) - ANSWER Counter Cultur