SOC 104 FINAL EXAM; DR. WRIGHT KU
3 microsocilogist - Answers - Herbert Bloomer
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
Erving Goffman
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers - sociology is the interpretation of social meanings
- critique of postivism
- Herbert Bloomer
3 tenets of Symbolic Interactionism - Answers - - We don't respond to social reality
itself, but to the meaning we ascribe to social reality
- Meaning is produced through social interaction
- Meaning is negotiated in interaction
Positivism - Answers - sociology is the science of society
Herbert Bloomer - Answers - Microsociolgist - symbolic interactionism - - -critiqued
positivism
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY - Answers - Microsociolgist - looking glass self
Looking-glass self - Answers - "The imaginations people have of one another are the
solid facts of society."
- CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
Three Tenets of Looking Glass Self Theory - Answers - - we imagine our appearance
or image in the eyes of the other
- we imagine some judgment of that appearance
- we experience some sort of self-feeling such as pride or mortification
Erving Goffman - Answers - Microsociology - Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy - Answers - Social Life is a series of performances, every interaction has a
script, costume, and set that defines how we act in in the moment
- Erving Goffman
impression management - Answers - • The process whereby we attempt to shape
another person's perception of us.
• Ex: you wear dress pants or a nice skirt to a job interview
instead of wearing your favorite pair of jeans
- Dramaturgy
the definition of the situation - Answers - The working consensus among interacting
participants about where they are and what they're doing
- Dramaturgy
, roles - Answers - Set of expectations that we attach to a social position
- Dramaturgy
Teams - Answers - Groups of people who work together in complimentary roles to
maintain the definition of the situation
- Dramaturgy
regions - Answers - front stage & back stage
- Dramaturgy
Rational Choice Theory - Answers - people weigh costs & benefits and act
CHOICE STRUCTURING PROPERTIES - Answers - costs, benefits, and opportunities
- Soft VS Hard Targerts
- Rational choice theory
Differential Association - Answers - Criminal behavior is learned
(a) techniques of committing the crime, which are sometimes very complicated and
sometimes very simple;
(b) the specific direction of motives, drives, rationalizations,
and attitudes
Edwin Sutherland - Answers - differential association theory
Howard Becker - Answers - Becoming a Marijuana User
labeling theory "Outsiders"
Labeling Theory - Answers - EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LABEL
DEVIANT IS APPLIED TO A PERSON
- labels are sticky and powerful
HOWARD BECKER - OUTSIDERS - Answers - Deviance tells us more about the
creators of social rules than the rules themselves
Outsider - Answers - a labeled rule-breaker; a deviant who accepts the label of deviant
and then views themselves at odds with mainstream society
- Deviance is in the Eye of the Labeler
Liberal (original) - Answers - advocate market/state relationship
Liberal (common) - Answers - left, democrat
Neoliberal - Answers - advocate pure free market; loosening of government regulation
of the economy
3 microsocilogist - Answers - Herbert Bloomer
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
Erving Goffman
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers - sociology is the interpretation of social meanings
- critique of postivism
- Herbert Bloomer
3 tenets of Symbolic Interactionism - Answers - - We don't respond to social reality
itself, but to the meaning we ascribe to social reality
- Meaning is produced through social interaction
- Meaning is negotiated in interaction
Positivism - Answers - sociology is the science of society
Herbert Bloomer - Answers - Microsociolgist - symbolic interactionism - - -critiqued
positivism
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY - Answers - Microsociolgist - looking glass self
Looking-glass self - Answers - "The imaginations people have of one another are the
solid facts of society."
- CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
Three Tenets of Looking Glass Self Theory - Answers - - we imagine our appearance
or image in the eyes of the other
- we imagine some judgment of that appearance
- we experience some sort of self-feeling such as pride or mortification
Erving Goffman - Answers - Microsociology - Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy - Answers - Social Life is a series of performances, every interaction has a
script, costume, and set that defines how we act in in the moment
- Erving Goffman
impression management - Answers - • The process whereby we attempt to shape
another person's perception of us.
• Ex: you wear dress pants or a nice skirt to a job interview
instead of wearing your favorite pair of jeans
- Dramaturgy
the definition of the situation - Answers - The working consensus among interacting
participants about where they are and what they're doing
- Dramaturgy
, roles - Answers - Set of expectations that we attach to a social position
- Dramaturgy
Teams - Answers - Groups of people who work together in complimentary roles to
maintain the definition of the situation
- Dramaturgy
regions - Answers - front stage & back stage
- Dramaturgy
Rational Choice Theory - Answers - people weigh costs & benefits and act
CHOICE STRUCTURING PROPERTIES - Answers - costs, benefits, and opportunities
- Soft VS Hard Targerts
- Rational choice theory
Differential Association - Answers - Criminal behavior is learned
(a) techniques of committing the crime, which are sometimes very complicated and
sometimes very simple;
(b) the specific direction of motives, drives, rationalizations,
and attitudes
Edwin Sutherland - Answers - differential association theory
Howard Becker - Answers - Becoming a Marijuana User
labeling theory "Outsiders"
Labeling Theory - Answers - EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LABEL
DEVIANT IS APPLIED TO A PERSON
- labels are sticky and powerful
HOWARD BECKER - OUTSIDERS - Answers - Deviance tells us more about the
creators of social rules than the rules themselves
Outsider - Answers - a labeled rule-breaker; a deviant who accepts the label of deviant
and then views themselves at odds with mainstream society
- Deviance is in the Eye of the Labeler
Liberal (original) - Answers - advocate market/state relationship
Liberal (common) - Answers - left, democrat
Neoliberal - Answers - advocate pure free market; loosening of government regulation
of the economy
