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Flashcards by Bryan Gastulo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bryan Gastulo
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| Question | Answer |
| -Three Sociological theories: | -Functionalism -Symbolic Interactionism -Conflict Theory |
| -What are theories? | -Theories are different explanations of social phenomena, provide a lens or a perspective to help us understand our social world. |
| -What was the Functionalism theory? -What were the two emphsis? | -The functionalsim theory was the dominant theoretical perspective in sociology. It was based on how society functioned -The two emphasis were application of the scientific method and the use of an analogy between individual and society |
| -How do functionalists see the world? | -Functionalists see the world as "objectively real" and have a positivistic view of society |
| -What techniques do functionalists use? | -Functionalists use soical surveys and interviews |
| -What do functionalists think about religion? | -Functionalists think that every society will have a religion, because those institutions have certain functions that contribute to the survival of the social system as a whole. |
| -What does the analogy between society and organisim focus on? | -It focuses attention on the homeostatic nature of social systems. Social systems look for balance in nature |
| -How is society viewed? | -Society is viewed as a system of interrealted parts. |
| -Who do functionalists often focus on? | -They primarily focus on the individual. |
| -Symbolic Interactionism emphasizes what? | -It empasizes the subjective meaning of human behavior, the social process and pragmatisim |
| -What do interactionists focus on? | -They usually focus on the SUBJECTIVE aspects of social life |
| -What do interactionists base their perspectives on? | -They base it on the image of human, rather than society |
| -How do interactionists see humans as? | -They see humans as pragmatic actors, they adjust their behavior to the actions of others |
| -How do interactionists theorist see humans as? | -They see them as active, creative participants who construct their social world |
| -What do the research of interactionists focus on? | -They focus on observable face-to-face interactions |
| -What does negotiation do? | -Negotiation among members of society creates temporary, socially contructed relations, which remain in constant flux. |
| -What does ethnomethodology do? | -Raises the question of how people who are interacting with each other can create an illusion of a shared social order even though they are different |
| -How do interactionists study social interaction? | -Through participant observation |
| -What is the materialistic view of history? | -The most important determinant of social life is the work people are doing, especially hard work that earns money |
| -What is the famous end quote of Marx? | -" It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness." |
| -What were the most important stages for Marx's argument? | -Fedualism -Capitalism -Socialism |
| -What is the central institution of capitalits society? | -Private property, it is controlled by a small minority of the population |
| -What are the two opposed classes? | -Owners and workers |
| -How do owners exploit workers? | -Owners are making profits by paying workers less than their work is worth |
| -What is feminism? | -Focusing analysis on gender inequalites |
| -What is the rational choice theory? | -Economic incentives affect the choices people make |
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