Soc. 101 Chapter 1

Explain what happened at the First Chicago school?

1st U.S academic sociology program Program was used to help city life, do research on improving child labor laws and factory issues. Jane adams was denied becuase she was a women

A hypothesis can be defined as: A way to explain different aspects of social interactions A testable proposition An attempt to explain large-scale relationships Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them

A testable proposition

Quiz Q: According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a social fact? A religious belief A law A custom All of the above are social facts

All of the above are social facts

Who was Max Weber? What does Verstehen mean?

Attempted to take an insiders point of view and try to understand what other people were thinking about culture, politics and economics. Means to have an understanding

Quiz Q: Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology? Auguste Comte Karl Marx Max Weber Émile Durkheim

Auguste Comte

Quiz Q: Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under? Structural Functionalism Conflict Theory Symbolic Interactionism Behaviorism

Conflict Theory

Quiz Q: Max Weber, George Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of: Conflict theory Structural functionalism Capitalism Symbolic interactionism

Conflict Theory

Quiz Q: What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society? Criticism Symbolic interactionism Constructivism Antipositivism

Constructivism

What was the Hull House?

First settlement house in chicago, Had a theater, nursery, library, free gymnasium, first public playground, sanitation, promoted women suffrage

Quiz Q: Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination. The theory that man evolved slowly over time. The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics. A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams. How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.

How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.

Quiz Q: Qualitative sociology can be defined as: In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data. Virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming. Door to door sales pitches, cold calls, and press conferences. Statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants.

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data

Quiz Q; ____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____. Durkheim; Communism Max Weber; Positivism Karl Marx; Communism Comte; Antipositivism

Karl marx, communism

Quiz Q: Eleanor is researching the effect social media has on worldwide political awareness and revolution. Felix is examining the effect World of Warcraft has on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro area. Eleanor's analysis is _____, while Felix's analysis is _____. Micro-level; macro-level Macro-level; micro-level They are both macro-level. They are both micro-level.

Macro-level; micro-level

what does Symbolic Interactionism mean? (micro)

One-to-one interactions and communications. Humans are actively engaged in creating their own meaningful social world based on their constructions and interpretations of the social world the exchange of meaning through language and symbols—is believed to be the way in which people

Quiz Q: A paradigm can be defined as: Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them. The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

Who was Karl Marx?

Predicted the collapse of capitalism, saw it as unfair and didn't like how gender and race had to deal with our behaviors and work.

What is sociology?

Scientific study of social behaviors and human groups

What is a Scientific view? What is a social reform?

Should be scientific and we use the knowledge that we have and to not change things. We have the knowledge to better our lives and we can use this to benefit our lives and to solve our problems.

What did Herbert Spencer create and do?

Social Darwinism- Society evolves from simple to complex and Laisseze- Faire is the approach to social change. Believed in the market controlled capitalism

Who was Emile Durkeim?

Some things may be external to others but internal to us and they researched suicidal issues and statistics

Quiz Q: Sociology is defined as the: Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon. Systematic study of society and social interaction. Quantitative analysis of social transgressions. Theoretical examination of life's origins.

Systematic study of society and social interaction.

What does pragmatism mean?

Takes a more practical approach and could be solved when causes of the problem is understood.

What is a social structure What is a social process

The way arrangments such as family and state and this happens very slowly Way we do things and the methods we do to get things done, more fast process

What does a structural functionalist do?

The way each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole. When one part is not working then they all are not working.

Quiz Q: Verstehen is defined by the text as: To maintain a moral conscience. To compare and contrast social facts. To understand in a deep way. To require proof of interpretation.

To understand in a deep way

What does globalization mean?

increasingly fluid global flows, and the structures that expedite and block these flows from happening.

What does debunking mean?

long held assumptions are incorrect or wrong. It is often easier for an outsider to question something for the people to even notice what is happening.

Who is lester Ward?

started sociology classes, created social telesis= to use sociology to address a social problem.

What did william summner do?

survival of the fittest justifies inequality, attempting to change this would be a disaster.

Quiz Q: Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on their belief in a meritocracy? Karl Marx Max Weber Herbert Spencer Émile Durkheim

Émile Durkheim

Quiz Q: The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the society that shapes that behavior (or, the concept that the individual and society are inseparable) is referred to as: Dynamic equilibrium Latent functions Dramaturgical analysis Figuration

Figuration

What is the butterfly effect?

Something small makes a large impact

Quiz Q: After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups. Conflict theorist Structural functionalist Symbolic interactionist Feminist conflict theorist

Symbolic interactionist

What does micro mean? What does macro mean?

small groups based on individual groups Large groups based on cultures, society and the world.

List some globalization positives and negatives

+ Greater access to goods, services, information - Diseases, drugs, easier access (credit cards)

Quiz Q: Weber's proposal of antipositivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds. Reject antiquated notions of privacy and consent Methodically predict situational outcomes Manipulate test subjects into answering difficult questions Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

Quiz Q: Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an example of the project's _____ function. latent; manifest manifest; manifest manifest; latent latent; latent

Manifest, latent

Quiz Q: Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction to Sociology class. Alona is employing a _____ research method. Qualitative Pathos Logos Quantitative

Quantitative

Auguste Compte made the term _________________, and was interested in how society works and how they really are and not how thy should be. He made the approach to study ______________, which is used to study based on scientific inquiry.

Sociology Positivism

Quiz Q: _____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society. Symbolic Interactionists Conflict Theorists Structural Functionalists Social Individualists

Structural Functionalists

What does social conflict theory mean? (macro)

The way inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power. Inequality is unfair but exists because those who are advantaged actively defend their advantages