1. SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1

2. SOCIOLOGY DEF: patterned interaction of people in social relationships ETHNOCENTRISM CONFORMITY SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION  C. Wright Mills  Ability to see relationships between events and society

6. 3 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1-FUNCTIONALISM  CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY EACH PART OF SOCIETY  EX: FAMILY  CHANGE IN ONE PART OF SOCIETY LEADS TO CHANGES IN ALL PARTS OF SOCIETY  RETURN TO STABILITY AFTER GREAT CHANGE  3 TYPES OF FUNCTIONS: MANIFEST LATENT DYSFUNCTION

7. 2 ND PERSPECTIVE CONFLICT THEORY  CONFLICT, COMPETITION AND CHANGE  MARX—POWER WEALTH, PRESTIGE, PRIVILEGE=POWER “SOCIAL LIVING IS A CONTEST”

8. 3 RD PERSPECTIVE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM COOLEY AND MEADE SYMBOL-STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND HAS AGREED MEANING INTERACTIONS BASED ON MUTUALLY UNDERSTOOD SYMBOLS EX: FLAG, CROSS

9. HERBERT BLUMER—coined term “symbolic interaction” 3 step process  1-learn meaning of a symbol by watching how others react to it  2-base behavior on meaning of symbol  3-use meaning of symbols to imagine how others respond Guides our actions

10. IRVING GOFFMAN—DRAMATURGICAL APPROACH IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT FRONT STAGE BACK STAGE ARE WE PHONIES??