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SOCIOLOGY 101

• INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY

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I. SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION PERSPECTIVE/HENSLIN
p 4 Fred and Janet
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A THE TALE of FRED and JANET
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B EXPLANATION OF DIFFICULTIES

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C TYPES OF EXPLANATION A Broader
Perspective

• 1. Changes in Family Companionate
  marriage/Overload marriage/Henslin p.24
• 2. Cultural Changes Society within
  Somethinginformed Janet Fred/Henslin p. 5
• 3. Financial Planning
• 4. Economic Decisions

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D) SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION C. Wright Mills

• 1. Biography and History and a Lucid Summation
• 2. Private Orbits and Close-Up Perspectives
• 3. "The devil made me do it."
• 4. Summary Remove...blindfolds tosee the
  larger picture/Henslin p. 7

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II) FOLK SOCIOLOGY The Amateur Sociologist
WithinCommon Sense Sociology/Henslin p. 8-10
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A) QUASI- SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

• 1. How Society Works
• 2. How to Make It in Society
• 3. What Causes Behavior?
• 4. What Are You Doing Here?
• 5. What is Folk Sociology?

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B) SOURCES OF FOLK SOCIOLOGY

• 1. Politicians
• 2. Astrology
• 3. Lonely Hearts Columnists
• 4. Commentators

• 5. Magazines
• 6. Novelists
• 7. Parents/Peers
• 8.Internet/ Chatrooms

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C) MANY EXPOUNDERS OF TRUTH

• 1. Religious Institutions
• 2. Federal Government
• 3. Sociology and other Behavioral and Social
  Sciences Henslin p. 8-10
• 4. Beyond Folk Sociology

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III) COMMON POINTS OF VIEW IN THE SOCIAL
SCIENCES
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A) A NATURALISTIC VIEW OF MAN
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B)SIGNIFICANCE OF MAN'S EXISTENCE AS A SOCIAL
BEING
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C)A DEDICATION TO INTELLECTUAL ABSTRACTION
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IV)WHAT WE DO WITH KNOWLEDGE?

• A. DESCRIBE
• B. PREDICT
• C. EXPLAIN
• D. "CONTROL"

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V)SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES/THEORIES

• THEORIES GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT HOW SOME PARTS
  OF THE WORLD FIT TOGETHER AND HOW THEY WORK /
  HENSLIN p. 22-23
• THEORIES INTERPRETS REALITY IN A DISTINCT WAY /
  HENSLIN p 23

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StructuralPerspective A Definition

• Structural perspective refers to a set of
  factors, characteristics, dimensions or variables
  that exist in society independent of individuals
  and that are imputed to constrain them to behave
  and think in particular ways.

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1.Four Assumptions

• a. Durkheim's Social Facts Patterns of
  behavior that characterize a social group
  Responding to conditions in society Henslin p
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• b. Social Structure The relationship of
  people and groups to one another Henslin p 95
• c. Same Structure/Same Behavior
• d. Structures Interact

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2.Four Sub-perspectives

• a. Normative
• b. Society as Networks
• c. Ecological Perspective
• d. Structural Functional Perspective A whole
  unit, made up of interrelated parts that work
  together/ Henslin p 25

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3.Summary
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B)Symbolic Interaction/ Social Action
Perspective A Definition

• Individual personality, self-identity, human
  nature, personal beliefs and behavior and
  societys structure are the product of social
  interaction between symbolically communicating
  human beings.

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1. Basic Assumption

• Social behavior can only be described, explained
  and predicted by knowing how the individual
  defines his or her social situation.

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2.Two Sub-perspectives
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a.Max Weber/ Social Action

• 1. Social Action
• 2. VersthenTo understand To grasp subjective
  meaning, the ways people interpret their own
  behavior/ Henslin p 15

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b.G. H. Mead/ Symbolic Interaction

• 1. Convergence with Weber
• 2. Distinguishing Differences
• a. Language gestures SYMBOLS
• b. Interpretations
• c. Interaction

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C) CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE A DEFINITION

• 1. KEY TO HUMAN HISTORY IS CONFLICT
• 2. SOCIETY AS GROUPS FIERCELY COMPETING FOR
  SCARCE RESOURCES

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• 3. KARL MARX PRIMARY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
  BOURGEOISIE AND PROLETARIAT
• 4. DAHRENDORF CONFLICT INHERENT IN AUTHORITY
  RELATIONS/ AUTHORITYPOWER

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• 5. AUTHORITY ENFORCES CONFORMITY/ RESENTMENT
  AND RESISTANCE
• 6. STRUGGLE IN SOCIETY IS OVER WHO HAS
  AUTHORITY OR POWER OVER WHAT HENSLIN p 29

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D) Summary of Differences between Structural,
Symbolic Interaction Conflict Perspectives
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