[SOCI 230] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (15 pages long)

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 230
• Professor: Prechel Harland

Document Summary

Empirical thought: definition: observation with sense perceptions, examples: sight, hearing, touch, smell, look at unique situations rather than general. Sociological theory: concepts, abstract (non-observable) representations of observable events norms, values, class relations, norms= expected and accepted, class relations: can be affected by income or education, building blocks of propositions and theories, ex: white-collar crime. Crime that occurs in middle/upper class over the course of doing business. Chapter 1: history, ideology, and classical sociological theory: historical context of classical social theory. Modern= democracy, concept of profit, capitalism: revolutionaries included peasants (working class) and middle class, transition occurred in england, more politically based so non-violent revolution. Reassembly of the parts of the social structure. The main parts include ideological, economic and political-legal arrangements: transitioning to liberalism where people then had rights, they questioned god being the ultimate ruler. These changes in social structure were accompanied by new socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices.