SOCL 2001 : Test 1
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1 points: don"t need to know number and dates, know the difference between sociology and social work, on pg. Academically adrift: study seeing if college students are learning anything, new study by arum & roksa, 2300 students followed for 4 years, 24 colleges, exams (beginning, middle, end, punch line: college students arent learning much. Authors view: students are slackers, professors are researchers, you"re more than likely to kill yourself if you are not connected to anybody or if you are too committed . Function: has to do with how your hair looks, your clothes, etc, firing miss america, 1984 1st black winner, functional approach to sociology deals with the functions of, function = consequence of an institution for the wider social. Institutions system (usu one that contributes to maintenance of society) Retrospective reconstruction: common sense and sociological consciousness, curiosity about the world of people, critical (skeptical) approach to finding out how it works.
