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Sociology course summary
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This is a mind map about the key points of different chapters in sociology course. Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is diverse, ranging from crime to religion, from the family to the state, from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.
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functions and disfunctions
manifest function
The functions of a type of social activity that are known to and intended by the individuals involved in the activity
latent function
Functional consequences that are not intended or recognized by the members of a social system in which they occur

symbolic interactionism

"Democracy in America", the US as a nation of joiners

bureaucracy
rationalization
Rational choice theory
More broadly, the theory that an individual’s behavior is purposive
A concept used by Weber to refer to the process by which modes of precise calculation and organization, involving abstract rules and procedures, increasingly come to dominate the social world
ideas and values

Jean Baudrillard, electronic media influence

capitalism
An economic system based on the private ownership of wealth, which is invested and reinvested in order to produce profit.
materialist conception of history
The view developed by Marx according to which material, or economic, factors have a prime role in determining historical change

Socialization

An idea or practice that a group of people agree exists. It is maintained over time by people taking its existence for granted.

"sociology" (social physics)
Functionalism
A theoretical perspective based on the notion that social events can best be explained in terms of the functions they perform—that is, the contributions they make to the continuity of a society

the individual does matter

"Division of Labor in Society"
social facts
organic solidarity
social constraint
The conditioning influence on our behavior of the groups and societies of which we are members
anomie
the importance of religion in maintaining moral order in society

sociological imagination (1959)
social structure

“survival of
the fittest” . The best persons succeed, and the rest fall behind due to their own lack of effort or
ability.
the states interference with the natural order by improving the life chances of individuals
likened society to a biological organism

focusing on all aspects of society while studying
previously ignored issues
more than observe, but benefit too

“double consciousness”
“the
contact of diverse races of men”
Encyclopedia Africana

A sociological perspective that emphasizes the role of political and economic power and oppression as contributing to the existing social order
Feminism
Marxism
power and ideologies

The study of human behavior in
the context of face-to-face interaction.

The study of large-scale groups,
organizations, or social systems.

Robert Park
personal, emotional, and scientific side of sociology
William Ogburn
statistics and scientific methodologies

ethnography
rich and broader understanding, but small groups
participant observation
surveys
precise and efficient data on a large group, but may be superficial
population
pilot study
sample
sampling
representative sample
random sampling
experiments
easier to control and repeat, but can be affected by various situations and no access to lab smtm
comparative historical research
empirical investigation