sociolofy test

sociological imagination

sociological imagination

allows us to examine problems and habits within their broader social and historical context

symbolic annihilation

the absence of representation of a group in the media

ingratiation

techniques of inclusion involving currying favor to group leader

in group vs out group subjugation

out: picking on outsiders to maintain the exclusivity of the clique

in: picking on weakest members of the click to maintain hierarchy

looking glass self

notion that peron’s self growth grows out of their interactions with others

adler and adler

husband and wife to studied clique dynamics in 6th graders

sociological mindfulness

Schwalbe

the awareness that you are influenced by society, that you influence others, and that others are also influenced by society

path of least resistance

making the easiest and most comfortable choices within a social system

scarce

went to prison to protect confidentiality of subjects

sapir whorf hypothesis

language creates ways of thinking

elliott

teacher who did the eye color discrimination experiment

manifest and latent functions

manifest: apparent and intended functions of institutions in society

latent: the less apparent, unintended, and often unrecognized functions in social institutions and processes

Gamson

authored media images and the social construction of reality

secondary analysis

using another person’s previously recorded data to draw conclusions

counter culture

group whose beliefs place its members in the opposition of the broader culture

reich

doc inequality for all

time wise

white like me doc

loe

working at bazooms

marx

developed conflict theory based on socioeconomic class

groups competing for scarce resources

giroux

disney hater

gaines

Bergenfield suicides

mindful skepticism

questioning what you know and how you know it

representative vs stratified vs random sampling

representative: subset of population that reflects the characteristics of the larger group

random: everyone has equal chance of being chosen

stratified: total pop is divided into smaller parts

unobtrusive measures

people do not know they are being watched

brajuha study

brajuha was doing research had been doing participant observation as a restaurant waiter. the restaurant burnt down and brajuha refused to turn over his notes. he was threatened with imprisonment

humphreys study

studied tea rooms (where men go for anonymous gay sex)

recorded personal information about all of the men- unethical

social stratification

societys categorization of people based on socioeconomic factors such as wealth and race

functionalist theory

each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society functioning as a whole

proletarist

the laboring class

symbolic interactionism

It argues that people's actions are based on the meanings they assign to things, which can differ depending on the person and can change over time

folkways vs mores vs taboos

folkways are norms that aren’t bad to break, taboos are worse, mores are the worst

pluralistic society

a diverse one, where the people in it believe all kinds of different things and tolerate each other's beliefs even when they don't match their own.

cultural diffusion

the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures.

cultural leveling

cultures that are growing and becoming more similar to each other.

agents of socialization

a combination of social groups and social institutions that provide the first experiences of socialization.

family, education, peer groups, religious organization and mass media

resocialization

the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.

total institutions

place of residence and work. where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the. wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an. enclosed formally administered round of life

incestouos amplification

closed group of people repeat the same things to each other

have to accept group’s preconceptions to be in the group

synergistic production

combined working together of two or more parts os s system so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of the efforts of the parts

seen in media conglomorates

conglomorate

a corporation made up of several different, independent businesses