SOC 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lawrence Kohlberg, Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Achieved Status
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Be familiar with the following terms and topics: Sociology: the study of groups and their interactions, societies and social interaction from small and personal groups to really large groups. Sociological imagination: it is a (cid:449)a(cid:455) of seei(cid:374)g our o(cid:449)(cid:374) a(cid:374)d other people"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior i(cid:374) relationship to history and social structure; used to study culture. Paradigm: philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations and experiments. 3 types: structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism. Paradigms shape research by providing broad perspectives that help explain many different aspects of social life. Macro-level analysis= looks at trends among and between large groups and societies. Ex: research the ways that language use has changed over time or in social media outlets. Micro-level analysis= sociologists who study small groups and individual interactions. Ex: a micro-level study might look at the accepted rules of conversation in various groups such as teenagers or business professionals.
