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SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1

SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1. SOCIOLOGY. DEF: patterned interaction of people in social relationships ETHNOCENTRISM CONFORMITY SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION C. Wright Mills Ability to see relationships between events and society. 3 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. 1-FUNCTIONALISM

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SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1

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  1. SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1

  2. SOCIOLOGY • DEF: patterned interaction of people in social relationships • ETHNOCENTRISM • CONFORMITY • SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION • C. Wright Mills • Ability to see relationships between events and society

  3. 3 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES • 1-FUNCTIONALISM • CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY EACH PART OF SOCIETY • EX: FAMILY • CHANGE IN ONE PART OF SOCIETY LEADS TO CHANGES IN ALL PARTS OF SOCIETY • RETURN TO STABILITY AFTER GREAT CHANGE • 3 TYPES OF FUNCTIONS: • MANIFEST • LATENT • DYSFUNCTION

  4. 2ND PERSPECTIVE • CONFLICT THEORY • CONFLICT, COMPETITION AND CHANGE • MARX—POWER • WEALTH, PRESTIGE, PRIVILEGE=POWER • “SOCIAL LIVING IS A CONTEST”

  5. 3RD PERSPECTIVE • SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM • COOLEY AND MEADE • SYMBOL-STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND HAS AGREED MEANING • INTERACTIONS BASED ON MUTUALLY UNDERSTOOD SYMBOLS • EX: FLAG, CROSS

  6. HERBERT BLUMER—coined term “symbolic interaction” • 3 step process • 1-learn meaning of a symbol by watching how others react to it • 2-base behavior on meaning of symbol • 3-use meaning of symbols to imagine how others respond • Guides our actions

  7. IRVING GOFFMAN—DRAMATURGICAL APPROACH • IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT • FRONT STAGE • BACK STAGE • ARE WE PHONIES??

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