SYG 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Essentialism, Stanford Prison Experiment, Social Integration

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Sociology, Criminology and Law - Sociology
• Course: SYG 2000
• Professor: Overdevest Christine

Document Summary

Key concepts study sheet (be able to define, understand, and apply concepts as presented in the course text) Sociological imagination c. wright mills: the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual"s life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. The concept of verstehen forms the object of inquiry for interpretive sociology to study how social actors understand their actions and the social world through experience. Du bois: a concept conceived by w. e. b. Dubois to describe the two behavioral scripts, one for moving through the world and the other incorporating the external opinions of prejudiced onlookers, which are constantly maintained by african americans. Conflict theory karl marx: the idea that conflict between competing interest is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general. Symbolic interaction theory a micro-level theory in which, shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions from the basic motivations behind people"s actions.