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humanities
non-scientific study of the human experience
What subjects are considered humanities?
Arts, Music, Drama, Philosophy, Literature and Poetry
What two characteristics do natural sciences have?
Laws and causation
Who is Comte?
Sociologist who liked the scientific method and started the social science
What two characteristics do social sciences have?
Theory and correlation
What are some pre-science authority figures?
Church/religion, elders, tradition
What part of the brain controls behaviors?
frontal lobe
At what age do males and females have fully developed frontal lobes?
25 in males, 19 in females
sociological imagination
looks beyond a limited understanding of human behavior
What makes the scientific method so special?
It’s able to be replicated and verified.
What does replication and verification mean?
able to be repeated, and if they’re accurate
What study did Zimbardo perform?
The Stanford prison study, which violated the prisoners right to consent
Who conducted the Tearoom Trade study?
Laud Humphreys, which violated the subjects’ right to consent and it invaded their privacy
What legal case utilized the Baby Doll study?
Brown v. Board of Education
learned helplessness
“I deserve the abuse and I can’t live without the abuser”
bystander effect
people will not help if they think others will
What does Sociology mean?
The scientific study of society
Mainstream vs. Non-mainstream theories
mainstream theories use the scientific method, while non-mainstream theories do not
Who is associated with structural functionalism?
Talcott Parsons
What is an example of a non-mainstream theory?
Karl Marx’s Conflict Theory
structural functionalism
society has order and structure through institutions that perform different functions
Name three institutions comprising our society.
family, religion, education
Conflict theory
theory developed by Karl Marx stating that society is marked by conflict over limited resources
Macro vs. micro
macro is for larger scales, micro is for smaller scales
Roles
we learn different roles that we assume throughout life
How long is socialization in one’s life?
All one’s life
re-socialization
learning to adapt to new behaviors and assume new roles
Agents of socialization
family, school, media, religion, and peer group
gender vs sex
sex are biological characteristics, while gender are societal characteristics
I vs. Me
The “me” controls the “I”
Who is associated with the psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
At what age is the play stage?
3 to 4 years old
What theory is Cooley associated with?
Looking glass self theory
What age is the Game State in children
at least the age of 5
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