SYG 2000 Exam 1/75 Questions and
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anomie - -despair when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too
little regulation.
-conflict theory - -Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic force of
social change and society in general.
-division of labor - -degree to which jobs are specified
-double conciousness - -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.
-feminism - -movement to get people to realize that gender is an organizing principle of
life. The underlying belief that women and men should have equal opportunities and
respect.
-formal sociology - -sociology of pure numbers, created by Simmel
-functionalism - -theory that various social institutions and processes in society exist to
serve some important function to keep society running.
-interpretive sociology - --study of society that concentrates on the meanings people
associate to their social world.
-strives to show that reality is constructed by people themselves in their daily lives.
-looking glass self - -By refining our vision of how others perceive us, we develop a
self-concept that is in constant interaction with the surrounding social world.
-macrosociology - -branch of sociology concerned with social dynamics at a higher level
of analysis
-metaphysical stage - -- Enlightenment thinkers saw humankind's behavior as
governed by natural,
biological instincts.
- We needed to take away the extra and focus on the natural governing forces of nature.
, -microsociology - -branch of sociology that seeks to understand local international
contexts; methods are enthographic usually including participant observation and in-
depth interviews.
-positivism - -strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described
and predicted by describable relationships.
-postmodernism - -condition characterized by a questioning of the notion of progress
and history.
-scientific stage - --We would develop a "social physics" in order to identify the
scientific laws that govern
human behavior.
-social ecology - --critical social theory founded by Green author and activist Murray
Bookchin.
- critique of current social, political, and anti-ecological trends, it espouses a
reconstructive, ecological, communitarian, and ethical approach to society.
-social identity - -- the sum of individual stories
told between pairs of individuals.
-social institution - -complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform
a social role and reproduce themselves over time; also defined in a narrow sense as any
institution in a society that works to shape the behavior of the groups or people in it.
-sociological imagination - -ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an
individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces.
-symbolic interactionism - -a micro-level theory in which shared meanings,
orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions.
-the generalized other - -internalized sense of the total expectations of others in a
variety of settings- whether we've encountered those people or places before.
-the social self - --theory that emerged from the work of the social psychologists Cooley,
and Mead.
-theological stage - -Idea that society was set up by divine will.
Answers/Solved 2023
anomie - -despair when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too
little regulation.
-conflict theory - -Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic force of
social change and society in general.
-division of labor - -degree to which jobs are specified
-double conciousness - -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.
-feminism - -movement to get people to realize that gender is an organizing principle of
life. The underlying belief that women and men should have equal opportunities and
respect.
-formal sociology - -sociology of pure numbers, created by Simmel
-functionalism - -theory that various social institutions and processes in society exist to
serve some important function to keep society running.
-interpretive sociology - --study of society that concentrates on the meanings people
associate to their social world.
-strives to show that reality is constructed by people themselves in their daily lives.
-looking glass self - -By refining our vision of how others perceive us, we develop a
self-concept that is in constant interaction with the surrounding social world.
-macrosociology - -branch of sociology concerned with social dynamics at a higher level
of analysis
-metaphysical stage - -- Enlightenment thinkers saw humankind's behavior as
governed by natural,
biological instincts.
- We needed to take away the extra and focus on the natural governing forces of nature.
, -microsociology - -branch of sociology that seeks to understand local international
contexts; methods are enthographic usually including participant observation and in-
depth interviews.
-positivism - -strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described
and predicted by describable relationships.
-postmodernism - -condition characterized by a questioning of the notion of progress
and history.
-scientific stage - --We would develop a "social physics" in order to identify the
scientific laws that govern
human behavior.
-social ecology - --critical social theory founded by Green author and activist Murray
Bookchin.
- critique of current social, political, and anti-ecological trends, it espouses a
reconstructive, ecological, communitarian, and ethical approach to society.
-social identity - -- the sum of individual stories
told between pairs of individuals.
-social institution - -complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform
a social role and reproduce themselves over time; also defined in a narrow sense as any
institution in a society that works to shape the behavior of the groups or people in it.
-sociological imagination - -ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an
individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces.
-symbolic interactionism - -a micro-level theory in which shared meanings,
orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions.
-the generalized other - -internalized sense of the total expectations of others in a
variety of settings- whether we've encountered those people or places before.
-the social self - --theory that emerged from the work of the social psychologists Cooley,
and Mead.
-theological stage - -Idea that society was set up by divine will.
