Weeks15(10amto12pm)

Sociology
**TheSociologicalImagination
Makingthestrangefamiliar
Makingthefamiliarstrange
C.W.Millsconnectingpersonalproblemstosocial
SocialInstitutions
**Conflictvs.Cooperation
Functionalism
SocialIntegration
Durkheim
ConflictSociology
KarlMarx
MaxWeber
**Interpretivismvs.Positivism
SocialPhysicsvs.WebersVerstehen
Macrovs.MicroSociology

MethodsofResearch
**Deductivevs.InductiveResearchApproaches

Quantitativevs.QualitativeApproaches
Causalityvs.Association
**Spuriousness
Generalizabilityvs.Validity

Culture&theMedia
Ethnocentricism
Consumerism
ConspicuousConsumption

Socialization
Cooley&theLookingGlassSelf
MeadtheI,Me,&GeneralizedOther
TotalInstitution
**PrimaryAgentsofSocialization
Family
Schools
Peers
Media
Families&SocializationClassbasedDifferences
ConcertedCultivation

Ascribed&AchievedStatuses
TheSocialConstructionofRealityandSymbolicInteractionism
GoffmansDramaturgicalApproach
GarfinkelsEthnomethodology
SocialGroups&Networks
SocialNetworks
Nodes&Ties
Homphily
Dyads&Triads

SocialControl&Deviance
Informal&FormalDeviance
SocialConstructionofDeviance
SocialSolidarity&Deviance
PunitiveJustice&MechanicalSolidarity
RehabilitativeJustice&OrganicSolidarity
DurkheimsTheoryofSuicide
SocialIntegration
SocialRegulation
MertonsStrainTheoryofDeviance
SymbolicInteractionistViewofDeviance

LabelingTheoryofDeviance
Stigma

Weeks610(12pm6pm)
Sex,Sexuality,&Gender
TheSocialConstructionofSex,Sexuality,andGender
GenderEssentialisma form of biological reductionism.

men and
women have inherent, unique, and natural attributes that qualify them as their separate
genders

BiologicalReductionismthat everything is determined by our

genes
GenderRolessetsofbehaviouralnormsassumedtoaccompanyonesstatus
asamaleorfemale,havemoretodowithasocialstatusthanbiology.(ex:
idealmanof1700snotassociatedwithrudeandboorishtraitswouldbe
kind,intellectual,tasteforpoetry)
BiasandDiscriminationnotmuchdifferencebetweengendersinschool
abilities,butaretreateddifferentlyandexpectedtobehavecertainways.
Statisticaldiscrimination:employersusegenderasashorthandforother
qualities(likewomenhavebetterfrontofficepersonalities).Gender
stratificationisushigheredislow,butsegregationishigh(womenandmen
areequalinlevelofdegree,butnotinwhattheyhavetheirdegreein)

Race&Ethnicity
SocialConstructionofRace.Racecanbedefinedasagroupofpeoplewho
shareasetof(usually)physicalcharacteristicsandaresaidtosharea
commonbloodline.Clearly,issociallyconstructedbecauseracialdivisions

changeovertime.Thereismorebiologicalvariationwithinracialgroups
thanbetweenthem.Raceisimposed,ofteninwaysthatarehierarchical,
exclusive,andunequal(whereasethnicityisvoluntary,selfdefines,
nonhierarchical,andnotsocloselylinkedwithpowerdifferences)
Racismbelief that members of separate races possess
different and unequal human traits
SocialDarwinismnotion that some groups or races evolved
more than other and were better fit to survive and even
rule other races
Eugenicspseudoscienceofgeneticlinesandtheinheritabletraitstheypass
onfromgenerationtogenerationbelieversclaimedthattraitscouldbe
tracedthroughbloodlinesandbredintopopulations(oroutofthem)
InstitutionalRacismsuggeststhatinstitutions(economy,schools,laws,
politics)helpreproducediscriminationthroughnormaleverydayprocedures
andoperations.Institutionaloppression:theonedropruleevolvedfromus
lawsforbiddingmiscegenation(crossbreeding),lumpedanyonewithblack
bloodintoonecategory,keptwhitepopulationpure.
MaintainingRacialBoundaries
Racialization
Segregation

Poverty
MeasuringPoverty
OfficialPovertyLine
RelativePoverty
TheCausesofPoverty

NaturalexperimentsinStudyingPoverty
TheoriesofPoverty
CultureofPovertyTheory
SituationalViewofPoverty

Health
ProfessionalClosure
TheSocialConstructionofIllness
Medicalization
LabelingTheoryandIllness

Education
HumanCapitalvs.CulturalCapital
Embodied,Objectified,InstitutionalizedCulturalCapital
Credentialism
SocializationandtheHiddenCurriculum
Class&Achievement
TheHiddenCurriculum
Sorting&Tracking
PygmalionEffect(LabellingandSchoolSuccess/Failure)
Testing&StereotypeThreat

Authority&theState
MaxWebersIdealTypesofAuthority
Bureaucracy
ObediencetoAuthority
Power
ParadoxofStatePower
PoliticalParticipation

Capitalism&theEconomy
KarlMarxonCapitalism
Alienation
MaxWeberonOriginsofCapitalism
Rationalization
TheCorporation
Rationalization/Taylorism/ScientificManagement
Disenchantment
Globalization

Religion
TheSacred&theProfane

Conflictvs.CooperationasOriginsofReligion
Secularization
MarxsViewofReligion(Conflict)
WebersViewofReligion(Rationalization)
DurkheimsViewofReligion(Cohesion)
CollectiveEffervescence
TotemismPluralism
TheReligiousMarketplaceintheU.S.

SocialChange
BarrierstoScientificandTechnologicalChange
Paradigms&ParadigmShift
NormalScience
SocialMovementsdefinitionandtypes
StagesofSocialMovements