Intro to Sociology Final
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- What are the 3 Perspectives of Sociology?
- Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionalism
- What is Structural Functionalism?
- Focuses on group not the individual. Looks for patterns in social behavior. When Status-Quo is not maintained, social change results.
- Who founded Structural Functionalism?
- Emile Durkheim
- What perspective did Emile Durkheim found?
- Structural Functionalism
- What is Conflict Theory?
- Focuses on Social Friction. Competition for resources influence society. Consensus through domination. Important role of social classes.
- Who founded Conflict theory?
- Karl Marx & Max Weber
- What did Karl Marx co-found and what did he believe?
- Conflict theory; Believed society competed for economics.
- What did Max Weber co-found and what did he believe?
- Conflict Theory; Believed society competed for wealth, power and status.
- What is Symbolic Interactionalism?
- Focused on the inter-relationship of individual and society. Society exist because it is percieved. We look at what others think about us.
- Who founded Symbolic Interactionalism?
- The Chicago School; George Herbert Mead & Charles Horton Cooley
- What did the Chicago School found?
- Symbolic Interactionalism
- Who made up the Chicago School?
- George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley
- What is a Social Institution?
- A group or organization with a purpose that is viewed as fundamental by society, thus becoming a building block of society.
- What are the 5 main examples of Social Institutions?
- Family; Education; Religion; Health Care; Government/Economics
- What are the 3 Economic Stages?
- Agricultural Stage-Manufacturing Stage-Service Stage
- What is Fordism?
- Pay employees more money to get more money into circulation.
- What is Welfare State?
- Roll of government in taking care of citizens.
- What is Post-Fordism?
- The way to get money into circulation is through the shareholders. The Elite.
- What are Microeconomics?
- Economics inside one country.
- What is Macroeconomics?
- Economics on worldwide level.
- What is Modernization?
- The use of technolgy and modern cultural prospectives.
- Which perspective focuses on the group not the individual and looks at patterns in social behavior?
- Structural Functionalism
- Which perspective focuses on social friction and the idea that competition for resources influences society?
- Conflict Theory
- Which perspective is focused on the inter-relationship of the individual and society and believes that society exists because it is perceived?
- Symbolic Interactionalism