Intro to Sociology Exam #1

Intro to Sociology Exam #1 5 points of Calvinism - • Rationalization Move illogical • Church main source of answers to life • Industrial revolution comes along and things move to a scientific way of life • Based on efficiency and praticallity Afrocentrism - preemiences of african and african american culture in human development Agarian society - a society that depends on crops raised with plows , draft aniamls and intensive agricultural methods Analysis Level - o Macro level Conflict Functionalism o Micro level Symbolic Interactions August Comte - Term of sociology We can also study the social world using the same experiments and tools We study in society in the same manner as either sciences 13 of textbook - positivism • Observation • Comparison • Experimentation • Historical method Solutions to social problems In Europe From France - 1850 When he was born he was born with a large head Genius Starts a rebellion Does not relate to people or professors Wife was a prostitute • Abusive Always in and out of jobs Depressed/Anger Thrown into the insane asylum Eventually got out and released thanks to the wife Wife divorces him Found a other person and fell in love with her He was a stalker New religion Sealed envelope • Expose of his wife prostitution • Even in his grave Father of sociology Basic social insititions - family,religion,education,politcs,and the economy Beliefs - are assersations about the nature of reality Birth of Sociology - France - Great Britain - Germany and then united states C.Wright Mills "power elite" - conflict perspective to promote distibution of power and authority in the U.S post WWII the U.S was dominated by powerful military , industrial, and politcal elite that shaped foreign and domestic polict for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful class Chat room - social norms have risen from cyber chating and dubbed cyber civilty and netiquette Conflict Perspective - views society as composed of diverse groups with confliciting values and interests Roots- Karl Marx Based on economics, and are based on social class, and the struggle between the different vlaues and itnerst of the bourgeoise and the proletariat Conflict Theory - o Macro o Struggle for scarce resources o Divorce Application: When men control economic life, the divorce rate is low because women find a few alternatives to a bad marriage. Rising divorce rate is due to a shift in the balance of power. Conflict Theory - o Who : Karl Marx o View: Vineyard o Key terms and concepts Haves and have not Exploitation Struggle for scarce resources o Macro Critical thinking - objectively assessing ideas statements and information Cultural ecological approach - examines the relationship between a culture and its total environment Cultural hegemony - domination of cultural industries by elite groups