SOC 150 Final Study Guide Latest

SOC 150 Final Study Guide (Latest 2023 / 2024)

• theoretical perspectives (apply to each subtopic)

1)functionalist 2) conflict 3) symbolic

• overall question: how do you start out your sentence when using these perspectives: -

overall question: from the

perspective

1) functionalist= machine of soceity discusses order or disorder= soceity working as a machine. manifest, latent, dysfunction. macro view.ex: from the functionalist perspective, the manifest function of americanizing is to adapt to american society.

2) conflict: basis is power relationships. discusses inequality or equality. macro view.

ex: from a conflict theory, immigrants coming to america have less power than

residents.

3)symbolic :basis is interactions and symbols. discusses meaning. micro view. ex: from the symbolic interactionist perspective, i feel that new immigrants coming is giving them the opportunity to search for a new start and eventually blend in to the american culture.

• dominant relations
• fluid competitive group system

1) def.

2) in this society:

-tech=

-stratification=

• contact between group=

-overt intergroup conflict =

• power differntial =

3) example=: 1)in fluid competitive systems of group relations, minority group

members are freer to compete for jobs and other scarce resources.

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2) in this soceity:

-tech= postindustrial -stratification= variable. status strongly affected by group. inequality varies within group

• contact between group= more common. highest rates of equal status

-overt intergroup conflict = common

• power differntial = least. minority groups hav emore ability to pursue self interest

3) ex= american ideal of having an open, fair system of stratification in which effort and competene are rewarded and race, ethnicity , gender, religion and other "birthmarks" are irrelevant.

4) labor and power:

1) extractive (primary) =agriculture and raw materials

• unskilled manuel labor

-low education -pre-industrial -paternaoilistic

2) manufacturing (secondary)= use of raw materials

• higher skilled manuel labor

-moderate pay -factories industrial

• rigid competitive group
• potential split labor market = "there taking our jobs" - dominant group member

3) service (tertiary) =dual labor market 1) primary labor market -higher skilled jobs and highpaying

• security '

• college degree
• mobility

2) secondary labor market

• low paying + status
• insecurity
• low skilled

3. brown vs. board of education:

single most powerful blow to de jure segrega- tion. supreme court revered plessy v.ferguson (separate but equal) and ruled that racially separated facilities are inherently 2 / 3

unequal and therefore unconstitutional. this was the result of years of work by the naacp, which attacked jim crow laws by finding specific instances where blacks rights were being violated by the racist policies.

4. de jure segregation:

segregation by law, minority group is physically and socially separated from the dominant group and consigned to an inferior position in virtually every area of social life. this created a vicious cycle: the more african americans were excluded from mainstream society, the greater their objective poverty and powerlessness became.

5. jim crow:

the period of de jure (by law) segregation in the south following reconstruction became known as jim crow era because of the institutional dis- crimination blacks faced

6. plessy vs. ferguson:

us supreme court ruled that it was constitutional for states to require separate facilities for african americans as long as the facilities were fully equal. southern states embraced the former and ignored the latter ( blacks were seperated but were not in equal facilities)

7. sharecropping:

immediately after the civil war, plantation owners still owned massive tracts of land but were short on cash because of the war. they tried passing laws known as the black codes to force blacks back into involuntary work. the federal gov. intervened and prevented it, but the system of sharecropping was created out of necessity. the plantation owner would provide land for the farmer to work and food and clothing on credit in exchange for a piece of the profit from the crop. owners manipulated accounts and calculated debts to keep the black farmers' dependent on them. by 1910 over 50% of employed blacks were farming. this solved the south's labor shortage.

8. lynching:

under jim crow laws, blacks were completely marginalized and forced to behave deferentially. everyday practices such as these lead to strict enforcement by whites, and breaking these "manners" often lead to violence or death by lynching. during these decades there were thousands of lynching's in the

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