What type of emotions are felt by survivors when they lose someone?
Grief, Regret, Anger, Resentment
What is the sociological imagination?
- Name of a book written by C.Wright Mills, it is also a core concept in the book.
- Mills argued that ppl tend to interpret social problems as the result of individual character flaw
An individual uses their sociological imagination………
When they can perceive problems as the result of individual behaviour within the context of large social processes.
Explain the Chart from the PowerPoint about social problems relating it to private trouble and social issues
Divorce: Argumentative communication/ liberal laws,
Plagiarism: time management, impulsive/educational costs, internet
Obesity: Impulsive, low metabolism/ food costs availability
The sociological imagination is illustrated in …………. Study on ………….
What did he do?
Emile Durkheim, Suicide
He sought out the social causes of suicide and rejected the idea that it was result of physiological disorder.
What were Durkehim’s findings?
He questioned whether psychology was capable of fully explains suicide. He said that if the general psychological model was correct than suicide should be random behaviour. Meaning anyone could at risk for it
What was the common theme among these groups and what was it called.
Social solidarity
Makes, Protestant, single married or divorce?
What were the expected results and actual results. What does the x axis represent and what does the y axis represent
Cause is the x axis (social solidarity)
Effect is the y axis (frequency of suicide)
What are the four types of suicide?
Altruistic: Sacrifice for the greater good (Too high, integration)
Egoistic: Everyone thinks about themselves (Too low, integration)
Fatalistic: Too controlled, can’t follow ones own will (Too high, regulation)
Anomic: No regulations, destruction of society, creates many problems (Too low, Regulation)
What were Durkheim’s conclusions?
- Something unique about sociology
- Causes of suicide are partially social
- The study of social forces need not preclude biological or physiological forces ( Our social environment shapes our physical bodies and our biological makeup influences how we interact with society)
Who is often considered the first sociologist?
Augusta Comte
The Boston marathon bombings took place on august 15, 2013. What was PM Harper quoted for?
“Now is not the time to commit sociology”
- Basically now is the time for punishment not thinking
What is sociology?
The systematic study of human behaviour
Study of powerful social forces
Examine units as small as the individual and as large as multinational corporations
When did sociology emerge?
Industrial Revolution
What are the 4 sociological promises?
- to help us think critically
- to explain why we act the way we do
- it reveals the possibilities of human action
- shows us the correct route to induce positive social change
What is critical thinking?
Using careful observations to arrive at conclusions about our social world rather than base our understanding upon authority, casual observation, illogical reasoning.
3 levels of sociological inquiry
- Micro level = individual
- Macro level = national level
- Global level investigations = international phenomenon
What are the 5 important sociological perspectives?
- Functionalism
Conflict theories including Marx and Weber
-Symbolic Interactionism
-Feminist Theories
The postmodern (not a theory = anti theory)
What did the sociological theory come in response to?
The scientific revolution, enlightenment period. Basically when kings thought they had divine rights given to them by god. People were over it and that led to the rise of the Nation State. The Industrial Revolution also had a role becuase new machinery meant low wages and loss of jobs as people were replaced by machines. There were no labour laws.
Who can be considered the first functionalist?
Durkheim
Who was Percy Cohen and what did he say about sociology?
Criminologist, anyone in search of theoretical acclaim has only to discover one more defect in functionalism to achieve it.
What is functionalism?
It examines the factors that hold society together, norms set up society that people are expected to follow.
What is Anomie?
A feeling of normlessness or without purpose. Lack of social bonding results in this. More likely to cause problematic behaviour and may lead to social problems including suicide.
What did Durkheim say about functionalism.
Basically a society with saints (perfect people), but society likes to scapegoat. Crime is a necessary and normal part of any society. The range of perfect behaviour would become so narrow that minor problems would become major issues. Raising the standard too high= Anger, which leads back to imperfection
