Sociology 100 Spring 2013 – Pettus Study Guide – Exam #1

Chapter 1 – The Sociological View

The Sociological Perspective Benefits Sociology, Social Science and other sciences Origin of discipline Sociological Thinkers August Comte Emile Durkheim Max Weber Karl Marx Harriet Martineau W.E.B. DuBois

Sociological Theories Structural-Functionalist Manifest functions Latent functions dysfunction Social-Conflict Symbolic-Interaction Feminist

The Scientific Method Defining problem Reviewing literature Formulating hypothesis Hypothesis Variable Independent Dependent Research design and data collection Surveys Observation Experiments Experiment group Control group

Chapter 2 – Culture and Socialization

Culture Characteristics Cultural transmission vs. Cultural Diffusion Symbols Language Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis – linguistic relativity Values Norms Formal - mores Informal - folkways High culture Popular culture Subcultures Countercultures Culture Shock Ethnocentrism Cultural Relativism Socialization Freud’s Personality model Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Development George Herbert Mead’s stages of self Charles Horton Cooley - Looking glass self Erick Erikson - 8 stages of development Agents of socialization Anticipatory socialization Resocialization Total institutions Chapter 3 – Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure Social interaction Social structure Status Ascribed Achieved Master Status set Role Role strain Role conflict Role exit Social construction of reality Thomas Theorem Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical approach Group Types of groups Formal organization Types Classical theory Human relations approach Bureaucracy Corporation Group think Durkheim’s solidarities Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft Lenski’s sociocultural evolution