SOCI 100 Study Guide - Learned Helplessness, Erik Olin Wright, Harriet Martineau
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Housekeeping: no race/ ethnicity on christmas exam, christmas exam will go up to and including gender. Sociological theory is also considered either: macro or micro. They are used to study social structures, large scale social processes and patterns of behavior. Social structure: a relatively stable pattern of social behavior. Performs a social function: the consequences of social patterns for the operation of society as a whole. Manifest functions: the intended or recognized functions of a social phenomenon. Latent functions: the unintended and unrecognized functions of a social phenomenon. Society has a reality sui generis: it is not reducible to individuals; it has a life of its own. Social facts don"t have concrete reality; not tangible. Makes up collective conscience: the norms, the beliefs, notions of merit and morals. Pre-industrial societies are mechanical solidarity, strong religious presence, role of punishment and role of religion held the autonomous families living together.
