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52 Cards in this Set
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Who coined sociological imagination? |
C. Wright Mills |
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Who was Ibn Khaldûn? |
First person to carry out systematic study of sociological subjects and put thoughts into writing (1332-1406) |
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When, where and how did sociology become an area of academic interest? |
19th century France, Germany, Britain Because of industrialization, urbanization and increase in population |
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Who identified Protestant (work) ethic? |
Max Weber (1864-1920) |
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What were the principals of Protestant ethic? |
Workint hard Making profitable use of time Living amaterialistic life by saving, not spending |
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What is social location? |
Traits that combine to give you a unique set of experiences and outlook on the world |
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What is intersectionality? |
2 or more negatively viewed traits combine to make your experience of discrimination worse |
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What is disproportionate representation? |
A group is represented in unusually large numbers in statistical findings |
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Who was the first professional, institutionalized sociologist in Canada? |
Carl Addington Dawson (1887-1964) |
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Who founded McGills sociology department? |
Carl Addington Dawson (1922) |
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What did Carl Addington Dawson's work reflect? |
Social gospel movement Hands-on social work |
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What was the social gospel movement? |
The attempt to apply Christian principles of human welfare to the treatment of social, medical, and psychological ills brought on by industrialization and capitalism (late 19th century) |
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Who were the first Canadians to write a sociology textbook? |
Dawson and Warren E. Gettys (1929) |
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What was the goal of Everett C. Hughes work? |
To correct ethnic division of labor |
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What is ethnic division of labor? |
Situation that let English Canadians rise above French Canadians in companies |
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What did Horace Miner do? |
Studied French Canada Used ethnography |
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What is ethnography? |
Study of a community based on extensive fieldwork, whose primary research activities include direct observation and interaction with the people observed |
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What is political economy? |
Looks at relationship between politics and the economics of the production, distribution and consumption of goods |
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Who was Harold Innis? |
Used political economy Availability of staples shaped the economic and social development of Canada (1894-1952) |
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Who was the father of Canadian sociology? |
Samuel Delbert Clark (1910-2003) |
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Who coined the term vertical mosaic? |
John Porter |
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What is vertical mosaic? |
Systematic discrimination produced a hierarchy of racial, ethnic and religious groups (ethnicity was main factor) |
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Who was John Porter? |
Introduced themes of class and ethnicity (1921-1979) |
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Who was Annie Marion MacLean? |
First Canadian woman to get PHD in sociology Pioneered sociological study of working woman (1870-1934) |
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Who was Aileen Ross? |
First woman hired as a sociologist in Canada First study of homeless women in Canada (1902-1995) |
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Who was Helen C. Abell? |
Founder of rural sociology in Canada (1917-2005) |
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When did sociology become a significant area of study in Canada? |
1960s and 1970s |
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What are the different approaches sociologists use? |
Structural functionalism Conflict theory Symbolic interactionism Feminist theory Postmodern theory |
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Who were the key sociologists in the structural-funtional approach? |
Émile Durkheim, Robert Merton, Talcott Parsons |
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What is the structural functional approach? |
Different structures fulfill different functions How different social systems operate and their contributions to social cohesion |
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What is a social fact? |
Patterned way of being that exists outside of any one individual but exert social control over all people |
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Who coined the term social fact? |
Émile Durkheim |
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What are the 3 characteristics of a social fact? |
1. You didnt invent it 2. Can be seen as being a characteristic of a particular group 3. Involves constraining force that pushes individuals into acting a particular way |
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What did Robert K. Merton do? |
Identified 3 types of function Manifest, latent and latent dysfunction |
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What are the 4 C's of the conflict theory? |
Conflict Class Change Contestation |
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What did Karl Marx believe? |
Conflict was based on class (Conflict theorist) |
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What is symbolic interactionism? |
Looks at the meaning of our daily social interactions |
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Who pioneered symbolic interactionism? |
George Herbert Mead |
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Who coined the term symbolic interaction? |
Herbert Blumer |
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Who were some macro sociologists? |
Weber, Durkheim, Merton, Marx |
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Who coined the term total institution? |
Erving Goffman |
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What approach did Erving Goffman use? |
Dramaturgical approach |
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What is the dramaturgical approach? |
Conducting research as if everyday life were taking place on a stage (back stage and front stage) |
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What is impression management? |
Ways that people conduct themselves in specific roles and social situations (dramaturgical approach) |
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Who was Harriet Martineau? |
One of the first sociologists to examine women's roles in society |
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Who developed standpoint theory? |
Dorothy Smith |
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What is standpoint theory? |
Knowledge is developed from a particular lived position |
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What is the postmodern theory? |
Recognizing there are many voices and they shouldnt be drowned out by voices of people who are dominant in society |
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Who coined totalitarian discourse? |
Michel Foucault |
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What is archaeology of knowledge? |
Process of discovering how individual discourses developed |
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Who divided sociology into 4 types? |
Michael Burawoy |
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What are the 4 types of sociology? |
Professional Critical Public Policy |
