Sociology 1301 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Social Class - ans Based on property, power, prestige Fundamental orientation to life Responsible for different chances and opportunities in life. ex. people like us Property - ans Anything you own; actual items/monetary gains Wealth = property value - debt Highly concentrated Upper class/Super class Income—flow of money Highly concentrated Avg. per capita income = $42,000 (avg. per person for every person 15yrs and older in U.S.)

Sociology - ansthe systematic study of human society All if science is made up of 5 institutions - ansGovernment, Economics, Education, Religion and Family Structural-Functional Approach - ansa framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Social Structure - ansany relatively stable pattern of social behavior. Coincides with Structural- Functional Approach. Social Functions - ansthe consequences of any so...

Sociology - Ans study of human behavior/interaction Sociological Imagination - Ans ability to see societal patterns in everyday life Social Structure - Ans organized patterns of social relationships empiricism - Ans careful and systematic observation of the natural world debunking - Ans looking behind the facade to see what is really going on August Compt - Ans theorist who coins the term "sociology"

sociology - Ans scientific study of society (Different cultures, groups, social institutions, religion, family structure) reason to study sociology - Ans you interact with people who are different from you Sociological imagination creator/founder/father - Ans C. Wright Mills Sociological imagination - Ans you can never fully understand an individual unless you also understand the society and historical time period in which he/she lives, personal troubles (unemployment and divorce) and soci...

sociology - Ans the study of human behaivor in a society -shapes what people do nd how they think -scientific way of thinking about society and its influence on human groups sociologist tools - Ans observation reasoning logical analysis disciplines of sociology - Ans social sciences: psychology, sociology, anthropology C. Wright Mills wrote about sociological perspectives - Ans coined the term sociological imagination -ability to see the societal patterns that influence the individual ...

Who coined the term Sociology - Ans Auguste Comte. Founding father of sociology What do Durkheim, Marx, and Webster have in common? - Ans Their collective interest in explaining the ever present misery lurking within modern society What are the steps in the research process - Ans 1. observation 2. hypothesis testing 3 analysis of data 4 generalization

Sociology - Ans The scientific study of social behavior and human groups Six social systems (institutions) - Ans 1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5) government/politics 6) economy Science - Ans Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation Natural science - Ans Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, & physics) Social science - Ans Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology...

Family - ans intimate environment in which 2 or more people live together in a committed relationship and share close emotional ties and functions Family functions - ans sexual regulation, reproduction and socialization, economic security, social placement, emotional support Marriage - ans a socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring Endogamy - ans require people to marry within a certain group Exogamy - ans require marriage outside the group Nucle...

Who coined the term Sociology - Auguste Comte. Founding father of sociology What do Durkheim, Marx, and Webster have in common? - Their collective interest in explaining the ever present misery lurking within modern society What are the steps in the research process - 1. observation 2. hypothesis testing 3 analysis of data 4 generalization What is the Hawthorne effect - An effect first discovered while observing work groups. The work groups increased their productivity as soon as they kn...

sociology - scientific study of society (Different cultures, groups, social institutions, religion, family structure) reason to study sociology - you interact with people who are different from you Sociological imagination creator/founder/father - C. Wright Mills Sociological imagination - you can never fully understand an individual unless you also understand the society and historical time period in which he/she lives, personal troubles (unemployment and divorce) and social issues (broad...