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Sociology Class Notes
- Course
- SOCI 1101
- Institution
- Seton Hall University
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Sociology and the
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Sociology
:
The systematic or scientific study of human
behavior, from
Society and social large-scale institutions
and mass culture to small and individual interactions.
groups
-
Large Scope
Society A shape their lives
aggregated
~
: of who in
group people
patterned their group from
and ways that distinguish others.
-
How do
sociologists observe Society?
By studying the various parts of a
society + the
ways they
·
interact + influence one another
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Howard Becker's Sociology :
niether individual nor
exists independently of another
Society one .
of self derives from membership of
sense
society
-
of social sciences
Sociology = one the
-
...
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Sociological Perspective : way of
looking at the world
through a
sociological lens .
between practical knowledge
↳ one part is
distinguishing
and scientific knowledge .
↳
allows you to
Ways to
gain a practical get along in
everyday life
:
sociological scientific systematic comprehensive coherent , clear consistent
:
perspective
=
, , ,
S
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Beginner's mind=Approaching the world without preconceptions
in order to see things a way
new .
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Culture Shock =
A sense of disorientation that occurs when
radically social cultural
entering a new or .
environment
Sociological Imagination : A quality of the mind that
X
C Wright allows us to understand the relationship between individual
Mills way of
sociological circumstances and larger social forces.
perspective ;
quality of mind -
C .
Wright Mills : coined this term , said to understand social life
, we must
understand"the intersection between biography and history."
-searches for the link between microt macro levels of analysis : allows
us to see the connection between a particular situation in our lives +
at broader social level.
something happening a
, > Levels of :
Analysis
:
studies face to face+ small
Microsociology group interactions
~
Macrosociology social patterns
~
: Studies large scale
-
Theories Abstract
:
propositions that explain the social world and make
predictions about the future.
A
Paradigm:
-
set of theories , and perspectives that makes up
assumptions ,
a way of understanding social reality
.
# 3 Major Paradigms :
) Structural Functionalism: Society is a unit made up of
interelated parts that work .
together
-
Society is conciered as a stable , ordered system made up of
interrelated parts , or structures.
-
Structure : A social institution that is
relatively stable over time
and that meets of a society by performing functionsrecessary to
maintain social order and .
stability
2) ConflictTheory : A
paradigm that sees social conflict as the basis
of
society and social change and that emphasizes a materialist view .
Social The unequal distribution of , power
wealth
Inequality : prestige among
-
or
members of a society.
The richest 1% of U S
population owned 32 1 % of country's
-
S
.
.
wealth
. The bottom 50% of population owned 2 5%. of wealth
.
Karl Marx inspired conflict theory called "Marxism" :
-
,
sometimes
-
False Consciousness :
A denial of the truth on the part of the oppressed
when they fail to recognize that the interests of the
ruling class
are embedded in the dominant ideology.
-
Marx argued that the only wall to change the status
quo and to
end oppression is for the lower class) masses to attain class
consciousness.
Class consciousness : the social irequality
recognition of
·
on the part of the oppressed leading to
,
revolutionary action.
~
Offshoot of Conflict Treom
:
Critical Race Theory
-
also feminist theom + Queer theory
, Max Weber :
~
Rationalism -
the application of economic logic to human activity
of
Iron
Cage bureaucratic structures take control lives
~ -
our
through rigid rules and rationalization.
3) Symbolic Interactionism :
-A that
paradigm sees interaction and
meaning as central to society
and assumes that
meanings are not inherent but are created through
interaction. It focuses on how our behaviors are dependent on how we interpret
,
make sense of and define ourselves, others and ,
social situations.
,
Erving Goffman-studied how self is developed through interactions
-
with others in
society
Dramaturgy live like play :
upstage backstage
-
-
we we were in a ,
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