SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Waterford School, Social System, Civilization V

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: Terence James Mc Ginn

Document Summary

Key points by chapter; compiled by zane harding. Definitions of sociology: berger (cid:862)dis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) (cid:373)ethodolog(cid:455)(cid:863, mills (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)se(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:271)iog(cid:396)aph(cid:455) a(cid:374)d histo(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863, mcginn (cid:862) tud(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) g(cid:396)oups & po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:863) Relevance of durkheim and weber: the fathers of sociology, alongside marx: du(cid:396)khei(cid:373): (cid:862) o(cid:272)iolog(cid:455) is (cid:373)o(cid:396)e po(cid:449)e(cid:396)ful i(cid:374) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld tha(cid:374) bio o(cid:396) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)h(cid:863, we(cid:271)e(cid:396): (cid:862)"ideal t(cid:455)pes" g(cid:396)oupi(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:374) g(cid:396)oup people (cid:449)ith a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)alit(cid:455) togethe(cid:396) (cid:894)e(cid:454). P(cid:396)otesta(cid:374)ts. (cid:895)(cid:863: johnson, etc. (the sociological approach/mindset) 1: the forest, the trees, and the one thing. Privilege: special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. Individualism: a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. (this is very much what sociology is not about. ) Social system: the collection of roles in relationship to one another, forming a coherent whole. Much like the board game monopoly, social systems are environments in which we exist.