soci201 exam 1 joel best 2023 with complete solution
bottom line of sociologists?
study social effects and look for patterns (rules, norms, social patterns as results of
social relationships)
alfed kinsey
studied wasps, researched reproductive behavior, interviewed ppl on sex life, 1/3 of
men had homosexual experience, everyone masterbates
weinberg - people at nudist camp ..
have rules to help maintain a sense of modesty
William Masters, Virginia Johnson
studied sex as biological. book. they would get volunteers to come to their lab and have
sex. measured blood pressure. showed what went on in the body while having sex.
is marriage about love? religion? law?
love= emotional tie
religion= sacrament
law= legal
sex is patterned and regulated by society
what is an illegitimate child?
if one has a child and they are not married
(article on sexual modesty)
What defines a deviant subsytem as deviant?
have norms that organize and control behaviors.
example: nudist camps
sexual modesty
a sexual reserve, a communication of non avaliablity for sexual interaction
acts of immodesty
verbal communication, nonverbal
sexual realm
verbal and nonverbal communication that change to body functions and the way we
look at one another.
legitimacy
provides clear rule, way of reducing conflict
Scripts
-scripts change in means of dating.
-hooking up = ambiguous term
-sexual script - dating leads to intimacy / intimacy leads to dating
sex overview - the point
lots of ways/rules to think of sex
sex is
patterned. as you age you see dif patterns
how sociologist think
1.pick topic
2. look how social relationships effect all dif aspects of our life
3. look for patterns
nudist camp
, nudism and sexuality are unrelated, nothing shameful of exposing human body
emile durkeim
frenchman, wrote famous book on suicide, what holds society together is social
integration and social integrity
suicide
social phenomenon, can be considered honorable (japan)
*norm
-sociologists word for rules, roles for everyone.
-need norms for how to behave, structure
anomic suicide
-life has lost meaning for someone which means they loose connection with society
-become isolated
-low social integration
-old men have high suicide rates (retired)
altruistic suicide
-high social integration
-allow yourself to die for benefit of other people
-ex/ army
what leads to high suicide rates?
low solidarity
people that are high in social solidarity ...
are less likely to kill themselves
Philips: Wether Effect
-# of suicides increases when its publicized
-people commit suicide because they are imitating other suicides.
-due to influence of suggestion
sociology
-invention of 19th century
-industrial revolution
- social relationships and patterns
- uses inductive or deductive reasoning
new society / transition of society
traditional, rural, small villages, agricultural --> efficient agriculture, live in cities
*statistics
efforts to measure the strength of countries
*statists
studied strength of states
inductive reasoning
-most of sociology use
-observation -> pattern -> tentative hypothesis -> theory
deductive reasoning
-durkheim's theory
-scientific method
-theory -> hypothesis -> observation -> confirmation
(article on suicide)
Kreitman
bottom line of sociologists?
study social effects and look for patterns (rules, norms, social patterns as results of
social relationships)
alfed kinsey
studied wasps, researched reproductive behavior, interviewed ppl on sex life, 1/3 of
men had homosexual experience, everyone masterbates
weinberg - people at nudist camp ..
have rules to help maintain a sense of modesty
William Masters, Virginia Johnson
studied sex as biological. book. they would get volunteers to come to their lab and have
sex. measured blood pressure. showed what went on in the body while having sex.
is marriage about love? religion? law?
love= emotional tie
religion= sacrament
law= legal
sex is patterned and regulated by society
what is an illegitimate child?
if one has a child and they are not married
(article on sexual modesty)
What defines a deviant subsytem as deviant?
have norms that organize and control behaviors.
example: nudist camps
sexual modesty
a sexual reserve, a communication of non avaliablity for sexual interaction
acts of immodesty
verbal communication, nonverbal
sexual realm
verbal and nonverbal communication that change to body functions and the way we
look at one another.
legitimacy
provides clear rule, way of reducing conflict
Scripts
-scripts change in means of dating.
-hooking up = ambiguous term
-sexual script - dating leads to intimacy / intimacy leads to dating
sex overview - the point
lots of ways/rules to think of sex
sex is
patterned. as you age you see dif patterns
how sociologist think
1.pick topic
2. look how social relationships effect all dif aspects of our life
3. look for patterns
nudist camp
, nudism and sexuality are unrelated, nothing shameful of exposing human body
emile durkeim
frenchman, wrote famous book on suicide, what holds society together is social
integration and social integrity
suicide
social phenomenon, can be considered honorable (japan)
*norm
-sociologists word for rules, roles for everyone.
-need norms for how to behave, structure
anomic suicide
-life has lost meaning for someone which means they loose connection with society
-become isolated
-low social integration
-old men have high suicide rates (retired)
altruistic suicide
-high social integration
-allow yourself to die for benefit of other people
-ex/ army
what leads to high suicide rates?
low solidarity
people that are high in social solidarity ...
are less likely to kill themselves
Philips: Wether Effect
-# of suicides increases when its publicized
-people commit suicide because they are imitating other suicides.
-due to influence of suggestion
sociology
-invention of 19th century
-industrial revolution
- social relationships and patterns
- uses inductive or deductive reasoning
new society / transition of society
traditional, rural, small villages, agricultural --> efficient agriculture, live in cities
*statistics
efforts to measure the strength of countries
*statists
studied strength of states
inductive reasoning
-most of sociology use
-observation -> pattern -> tentative hypothesis -> theory
deductive reasoning
-durkheim's theory
-scientific method
-theory -> hypothesis -> observation -> confirmation
(article on suicide)
Kreitman
