College Sociology McCalla - Commack Schools



49530001104900Key Terms/Phrases/Issues for Quiz on Thursday 11/2200Key Terms/Phrases/Issues for Quiz on Thursday 11/22Part I – Ferguson Text Reading 27: Gender as Structurereinforcement theorysex-role theorystructuralist / structural perspectiveDoing gender gender inequalitygender stratificationgender stratification at the institutional level distribution of material resources.ways in which formal organization and institutions themselves are gendered.gendered ideological discourse.Part II - Definitions (Sociology – A Down-to-Earth Approach, 14th edition; Henslin)Agents of Socialization – people or groups that affect our self-concept, attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations towards lifeCase Study – A research method consisting of an intensive analysis of a single event, situation, or individualConflict theory – a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resourcesCulture – the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one generation to the nextDeviance - the violation of norms (or rules or expectations)Ethnicity (and ethnic) – having distinctive cultural characteristicsFeminism – the philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal; organized activities on behalf of this principleFeral children – children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humansGender – the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or femininityGender stratification – males’ and females’ unequal access to property, power, and prestigeGender socialization- learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or femaleIdeology – beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social arrangementsInterview – direct questioning of respondents (a research methodLabeling Theory - the view that the labels people are given affect their behavior; deviance or conformityLanguage – a system of symbols that can be combined in an infinite number of ways and can represent not only objects but also abstract thoughtLooking-Glass Self - a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which our self develops through internalizing others’ reactions to usMores – norms that are strictly enforced because they are thought essential to core values or the well-being of the groupNorms – expectations of “right” behaviorParticipant Observation (or fieldwork) – a research method in which the researcher participates in the research setting while observing what is happening in that settingSociology – the scientific study of society and human behaviorSocialization – the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group-the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, norms, and actions thought appropriate for themSociological Perspective – understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social contextsSymbol – something to which people attach meaning and then use to communicate with one anotherSymbolic interactionism – a theoretical perspective that focuses on how people develop and use symbols to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one anotherValues – what is desirable or undesirable, superior or inferior, good or bad, beautiful or ugly ................
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