AHSS*1130 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Structural Functionalism, Postmodernism, Canada
AHSS*1130
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Introduction to Sociology
Learning Objectives
• distinguish between sex and gender, and discuss how these concepts affect the lives
of men and women
• recognize the different varieties of feminism and the ways each proposes to change
society
• describe several ways in which gender socialization occurs, and in what settings
• consider why some sexual behaviours are seen as deviant and how popular views
change over time
• gain perspective on the sexualization of our culture
Sociology- defined
• Sociologie – Study of society as a science (Comte)
• Study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society (Spencer,
1873)
• Associative habits (Ward, 1896)
• Concerned not with the ind. man… but with relationships (Webb & Webb, 1932)
❖ Patterned (predictable and recurring) relations among people, and of the social
institutions and societies people create through such relations
❖ The regular ways that people interact and what those interactions produce
e.g. The Republic (Plato 5th BCE)
Sociology- Origins- A progression of Study
18th-19th cent. industrialization, urbanization, and political upheaval in Europe
• Shift from rural to urban living for factory work
• Crowded, social problems (poverty, homelessness, child labour, dangerous
working conditions, prostitution, industrial pollution, and a general scarcity of
resources
➢ Disparity
• New political systems (traditional rulers overthrown)
• Enlightenment -
→ Rise of science
→ Questioning of religion
→ Question on authority (state)
Five Key Approaches
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• (Structural) Functionalism
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Feminism
• Postmodernism
When did they develop?
What was the social climate of the time?
o Fusion approach
→ There is a core of sociological knowledge that underlies all of these particular
emphasizes
Sociology does…
Shows links between people’s personal troubles and larger-scale public issues
(Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills)
• Teaches us to question “common sense”
• Think critically
→ Threatening to existing authorities (power relations)
• Contextualizes individual activity in social terms rather than individual
(Psychology)
Ex. bullying as contagion of violence
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Document Summary
Patterned (predictable and recurring) relations among people, and of the social institutions and societies people create through such relations. The regular ways that people interact and what those interactions produce e. g. the republic (plato 5th bce) 18th-19th cent. industrialization, urbanization, and political upheaval in europe: shift from rural to urban living for factory work, crowded, social problems (poverty, homelessness, child labour, dangerous working conditions, prostitution, industrial pollution, and a general scarcity of resources. Disparity: new political systems (traditional rulers overthrown, enlightenment - Five key approaches (structural) functionalism: conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, feminism, postmodernism. What was the social climate of the time: fusion approach. There is a core of sociological knowledge that underlies all of these particular emphasizes. Shows links between people"s personal troubles and larger-scale public issues (sociological imagination - c. wright mills: teaches us to question common sense , think critically. Threatening to existing authorities (power relations: contextualizes individual activity in social terms rather than individual (psychology)
