SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bourgeoisie, George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1001
• Professor: Christian Pasiak

Document Summary

What were some early sociological findings . Men committing suicide 4 times more than women. Jewish people higher rate of psychological- lower suicide rate. Max weber: symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, engagement with marx, class conflict, inequalities, capitalist society, power definition o. George herbert mead, erving goffman : symbolic interactionism, mead(self) goffman (duratical analysis) o. August comte: coined the word sociology. C. wright mills: sociological imagination o. Functionalism: everything having a function, macro structures (example of a macro structure? social class, religious groups. Conflict theory: macro, class, distributions of powers, inequalities, main factor- means of productions, proletariat and bourgeoisie workers and owners. Symbolic interactionism: micro, symbols that are universal, roles, cultures. Feminism: more than one feminism perspectives, gender inequalities, (feminism through symbolic- labor in house hold, roles, (conflict- wages, classes/gender) means of production. Social/cultural constructionism: post structuralism challenge generally accepted ideas as norms, looking at how things are not self-evident- created in historical context, read chapter.