Sociologists

  • max weber
    • verstehen - empathizing, relating to culture under study
  • davis & moore -
  • ward & sumner -
    • folkways - customs or conventions of daily life
    • mores - stronger than folkways (think mooring)
  • erving goffman -
    • dramaturgy - social practice to improve ones image
  • herbert spencer -
  • durkheim -
    • anomic suicide - occurs in times of great social change, lack of social norms
    • altruistic suicide - person too ingrained in group, does not care about own needs
    • egoistic suicide - person feels like social loner, outsider
    • fatalistic suicide - occurs under high rules or regulation, loss of individualism
  • harriet martineau -
  • c wright mills -
  • george simmel -
    • conflict theory
    • dyad - group of two people, most fundamental
    • triad - group of three people, more stable because of mediator
  • erik erikson -
  • robert merton -
  • george herbert mead -
  • "elementary forms of religious life" -
  • hawthorne effect - the observed change their behavior when they know they are being observed
    • workers in hawthorne factory were reported to being more productive after attention to worker needs was increased
    • later studies found that the research itself contributed to increased productivity
  • primary deviance - the initial deviant act
  • secondary deviance - the alterations of the persons self perception after the primary deviance
  • levirate - custom of widow marrying husbands brother
  • ethnocentrism - belief in superiority of one's own ethnicity
  • group think - individuals begin to think similarly and develop a narrow view
  • strain theory - society puts pressure on individuals to meet goals which may drive them to crime if they lack the means
  • primary socialization - socialization that a child receives
  • sensorimotor stage - infants cannot differentiate themselves and environment
  • cult -
  • sect -
  • church -
  • ecclesia -
  • disengagement theory - it is natural and acceptable for old people to withdraw from society
  • second shift - household responsibilities after work, usually carried out by the wife
  • peter principle - managers rise to level of incompetence
  • functionalist - social stratification is necessary for societal function
  • niche
  • clique
  • caste - closed system
  • class - open system
  • strata

migration types

  • forced
  • voluntary
  • step
  • selective
  • internal

missed questions

  • politics is power
  • cultural capital - knowledge about culture, gain popularity
  • tracking - assigning students to programs based on performaance
  • working poor - have jobs, just below poverty line
  • power - depends on position in bureaucracy
  • wealth comes from inheritance in upper class
  • prestige - how people are regarded
  • union negotations - collective bargaining
  • organic solidarity -
  • human ecology - relation between people and environment
  • retribution
  • sapir-whorf - words precede thoughts