SOC 153 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Structural Functionalism, Swoosh, Montesquieu

• School: Miami University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 153
• Professor: Harris Othello

Document Summary

If any part fails to fulfill its function the result can be imbalance or disequilibrium in the system. Institutions: family (primary socialization), schools (educate), economy (provide sustenance) Marx believed proletariat could come together and overthrow bourgeoise. Primitive cultures: social darwinism: form of scientific racism; widely believed by europeans + Mirror: social mirror, look at how others view us, becomes how we see ourselves, mead symbolic interactionism, macro sociological perspective: structural functionalism and conflict theory, symbolic interactionism: micro view, mead"s three stages. Mcdonald"s in hong kong, watson: mcdonalds: symbol of globalization, emblematic of the influence of us/the west on rest of world. On face work, goffman: dramaturgical approach: our social interaction consists of playing role, neighbor, son, father, professor, dinner, etc. Impression management: we attempt to put ourselves in a good light by controlling the impressions we make on others: saving face: saving another"s embarrassment, allow bad behavior to stand/let it go.