SOC 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Multinational Corporation, Bob Dole, Endogamy

• School: ASU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Modernization theory (structural/functional) vs. world systems theory (conflict) High/middle/low income countries vs. first / second / third world. Importance of gender equality, lower birth rates, and access to technology. Groupthink and how to combat it (listening to skeptical minorities) Davis & moore - competition motivates productivity (structural/functional) Social diversity heterogeneous groups turn outwards, large groups turn inwards. Class-based power vs. access-based power stalin"s russia. Milgram & zimbardo compare with what happened in abu graib. A social group is two or more people identifying and interacting with each other. Any collection of interacting people is a social group . Social groups can nest a "family" is one social group, which can exist within a "town", which can exist within a "nation". At each level, the group at that level has its own cultural significance. A category of people all have same status, but do not necessarily interact with each other. For example, all hispanics, or all firemen, or all mothers.