Sociology Chapter 1 Book Notes
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Invitation to Society - Peter L. Berger
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Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills
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Communest Maifesto - Karl Marx
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Suicide - Emile Durkeim
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Society In America - Harriet Martineau
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The Philadelpia Negro - W.E.B. DuBois
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Megatrends - John Naisbitt
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Future Shock - Alvin Toffler
- According to Marx, what was a sociologists major task
- to analyze and explain conflict
- What is the major force driving social change?
- Conflict
- What were the two distinct classes in the Industrial Revolution?
- Bourgeosie and proletariat
- What did Marx believe to be the reason behind the explosion of technical innovation and the massive increase of goods during the Industrial Revolution?
- Profit
- Define Society
- A system of Social Interactions
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Explain the word system in the following:
Society is a system of social interactions - Society is a system because it is composed of non-chaotic interactions. That is the people in a socity follow a set of often unspoken rules (social facts)
- Define Social interactions
- When people take one another into consideration., attach meaning to specific situations, interpert what is being said and respond accordingly.
- Give examples of unspoken rules in society.
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Social facts are imposed from birth. - True
- When is the power of a social fact made known?
- When someone resists the social fact or when a person is introduced to a new set of social facts.
- True or false: The industrial revolution had no effect on the nature of work. It only affected the ways people interacted with each other.
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The industrial revolution completely changed the nature of work and the way people interact. - Define Mechanization
- the addition of external sources of power such as oil or steam to hand tools and modes of transportation
- According to Durkiem, should you study the immediate circumstances leading to a suicide? Why or Why not?
- No. It is futile to study the the immediate circumstances leading to a suicide because there are too manyt causes and too many people commit suicide for different reasons.
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True or False:
DuBois defines suicide as a severing of relationships. - False, Durkiem defined suicide as a severing of relationships.
- Define Egoistic in relation to suicide
- ties attaching the individual to society are weak.
- Define Altrustic [suicide]
- no individuality, strive to conform
- Define Anomic [suicide]
- state brought on by dramatic change in economic circumstances
- Define fatalistic [suicide]
- no hope of change, no chance of release
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Who studied the question:
"Why do people pursue goals? - Weber
- what are the 4 kinds of social actions?
- Traditional, affectional, value-rational, instrumental
- What is Harriet Martinaeu best known for
- Her method of conducting research
- W.E.B Dubois dealt with which issue in sociology
- Double Consciousness
- Define Trend
- Direction of Social Change
- What are the 5 pure social sciences?
- Sociology, Psychology, Economy, Political Science, Anthropology
- What does content analysis study?
- Electronic printed Media (AKA NEWSPAPER)
- Which war serves as the roots to content analysis
- WWII
- Why did Naisbitt choose to study newspapers?
- The space in a newspaper is always the same, so in order to add anything something must first be removed. This means that a newspaper will always show only the most current news.
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American Social Change - Theodore Kaplow
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Name the current trend in the US
Manufacturing----> - Manufactoring ----> desk jobs
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Name the current trend in the US
Industrial society ---> - Information Society
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Name the current trend in the US
National economy ---> - Global economy
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Name the current trend in the US
Institutional Health ---> - Self Help
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Name the current trend in the US
Classrooms ---> - Online Classes
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Name the current trend in the US
Representative Democracy ---> - Participatory Democracy
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Name the current trend in the US
Hierarchies ---> - Networking
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Name the current trend in the US
People and Jobs living in the North ----> - People and jobs moving southward