Unit 1: History and Foundations of Sociology

Group that has been marginalized in US society

It's a framework consisting of social institutions, practices and social groups.

This theory focuses on inequities in society to explain sociological behavior.

In Sociology, people ______ to fit in to the broader society.

Father of Conflict Theory

Goffman's dramaturgical analysis called the behavior we did NOT show others, our

Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis, called the rules for how we're supposed to act, our __________

It is YOUR point of view and your attitudes and beliefs are determined by it.

Occupying a position outside the margins of power

How society wants you to act in your role.

In Sociology, it involves seeing the general in the particular and the strange in the familiar.

When the rules are NOT fair and some do not have the same access to resources as others.

C.Wright Mills called it "the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society."

Criticism of Conflict Theory

Your favorite class this year!

The scientific study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

How you carry out your role.

French philosopher who's considered to be the father of sociology

This influences our perspective

In this theory, parts of society need to work together to keep the society functioning

Criticism of Symbolic Interactionism as a theory

Criticism of Functionalism

Name for the status that you did NOTHING to receive

Erving Goffman's use of theater as an analogy for social interaction.

What we call a person's position within a social structure.

This sociological theory viewed each aspect of society as being interdependent

Charles Cooley called the unconscious conversations we have in our heads regarding how others see us as our ____

Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis called the behavior we show people our ___

In this theory, Max Weber said societies give meanings to symbols and words that require intention and interpretation

In Sociology; race, gender, social class, religion, ethnic group and sexual orientation are all examples of this.

Resources ($, power, items) NOT being distributed equally

The status you receive when you work for it.

When we use our sociological imagination, we shift away from focusing on the individual and focus on the ____

This theory uses symbols and face to face interactions to explain sociological behavior