SOC 170 Midterm

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