SCS110 Sociology Revision: Part One

Men's control of women through various mechanisms, men are seen as a group responsible for the oppression of women

How did Marx view power?

Believed that ideas and values could be just as important as external factors in regards to driving social change.

Believed that sociological theories needed to be supported by empirical evidence.

The natural exclusion of women

The absence of enough resources such as money to be able to secure basic needs.

We are socially and individually shaped by narratives, discourse and language games.

The biological difference between male and female

Theorist that believed women were closer to nature.

From which decade has social inequality in Australia been on the rise?

A high Gini Score indicates high inequality

19th and early 20th century, movement concerned with officially mandated inequalities.

The belief that the norms, values and standards of one culture are less natural or not as good as their own.

Believed that people were born into pre-existing social structures: language, culture, world-view and tradition.

Believe that globalization is nothing new, it is just an evolved version of what has happened in the past.

What is sociology the study of?

Theory of social stratification, treats inequality as reward based on societal value towards the importance of a role

Questioning how things appear in society, especially in unjust or oppressive structures.

Biological differences between human characteristics

Theorist that assumed a natural basis for the division of labor between men and women.

Believed that sociology must take into account the reasons that people have for behavior, not just externally

Coined the terms 'sociology' and 'positivism'.

Allows us to see the extent to which the world around us is socially constructed.

Concerned with the exploitation of women under capitalism.

OECD stands for...

To tell what kind of a society we live in, we look at the measure of equality, freedom, democracy and sustainability

Concerned with all marginalized identities

Believed that economics plays a role in shaping individuals, culture and politics.

Believed that social change is driven by economic factors such as conflict over material interests.

When one's living conditions fall below what is the accepted standard of living in society.

What is the meaning of the Latin word 'socius'?

Australia is the .... most unequal country out of OECD countries.

Greek word referring to them or other

The idea that class is one's relationship to the means of production. Ownership or non-ownership.

A low Gini Score indicates low levels of inequality

Society is comparable to an organism in that certain roles must be maintained for its function, held together by norms

The union of culture, politics and economics between previously disparate nations.

Which is not one of Weber's three bases of legitimate domination?

The marginalization of one group based upon their physical biological differences

1960's-70's, concerned with defacto or unofficial inequalities, sexual liberation and that personal is political.

Which is not a theory of class?

The reality of a social situation is defined by the meaning that those involved give to it.

More inequality means more social mobility.

The unequal distribution of social, political and economic resources within a collective.

Individual right to equal opportunity politically and economically, legal and social policy are tools for equality

Which is not a sensibility of the sociological imagination?

The idea that gender is biological.

Which is not one of the three revolutions of modernity?

Class divisions derived from not only relationship to means of production, but marketable skills, prestige and assets

A constructed political community that is limited and sovereign

Italian/Arabic for 'head of something'.

Feminist Theory proposed that the roles ascribed to a certain gender are socially constructed and marginalize women

Latin equivalent to ethnos

The idea that men or groups of men realizing their will in a communal action

Marxist Theory proposes that society is governed by economic forces and conflicts.

Seeks to interpret social sources and contexts of human behavior, institutions and social changes.

Argue that globalization is both irresistible and good, and that governments should stop interfering with trade

What is the meaning of the Greek word 'theoria'?

Statistical measure used to plot inequality, measures the ratio between top and bottom brackets of income and wealth

Which is not one of Steven Luke's three dimensions of power?

Socially constructed idea of male and female

A Gini Score of one represents total inequality, a Gini Score of 0 represents total equality.

The unequal distribution of power and wealth in society, patterned by the division of certain groups.

Concerned with the division of power in society

Refers to the socially constructed ideas of what is masculine in society

Power is to politics to what money is to economics.

Believed that individual behavior isn't dictated by the individual, but rather the components of the society around them

Socially constructed divides in social collectives

Theorist critical of individualistic understanding of social life, believes it is a misconception to see society as such

Financial gain such as wages and investments that can be tracked through government taxation.

When men are automatically placed as figures of authority in institutions such as politics, religion, economics.

Also called the cross-cultural sensibility, the relating of a situation to the cultural variability of human life.

Which of the following does sociology not study?

The more unequal society becomes, the more parental income will impact the future of their offspring.

Believed that the concept of the 'individual' does not exist in the same way in different places.

Believed that society is the product of individuals engaging in socially meaningful actions.

Root word for genus, race, kind.

The process through which people learn to conform to the socially constructed norms of their sex

The notion that the grand assumptions offered by scientific and political theory are not the final solution

Behavior that is widely accepted to be either normal or abnormal. Is either enforced formally or informally.

High inequality in wealthy societies have harmful social outcomes. Which is not one of such outcomes?

All material possessions, is hard to track in Australia because it is not taxed.

Who proposed the following: power means relations, power and knowledge directly imply each other

Is wealth or income inequality worse in Australia?

How many countries are there in the OECD?

The founding fathers of sociology viewed women as part of the family, not actors in the economic world.

Believed in a law of three stages of social development: theological, metaphysical and positive

The learned ideas, values, traditions and standards shared by a social collective.

What is the meaning of the Greek word 'logos'?

The probability of a command being obeyed.

The assumption that there are only two genders.

Research indicates that the brain is shaped by gender socialization, rather than brain shaping gender.

The sensibility about where an event, value or issue stands in the course of time and how it compares to the present

Which is not one of the three positions on the globalization debate?

Believe that globalization may have dangerous impacts, that it generates resistance, difference and counter-movements

1980's to present, concerned with the sexual and ethnic diversity of feminism.

The complex range of phenomena from the 17th century that saw the transition of the West from agrarian to industrial.

The exchange of centers of cultural diversity: music, language, cuisine and customs. Capitalization of culture.

An unproven idea that offers ordered explanation and interpretation

Concerned with rationality in economic and political power (bureaucracy, capitalism, legal-rational domination)