Sociology- Intro Chapter

Herbert Spencer

Keeping pure of all other theories

Goal: to show how social forces affect people behavior
-Protestants. males. and the unmarried kill at high rates then catholecs, jews, females and the married.
-Social Intergration: is a key factor in suicide. certain degree to which people are tied to their social group
-people who have weaker ties are mmore likley to commit suicide
-anomie- breaking down of the controlling influences in society
-first one to use the scientific method
- all about social order

-second father of socioloy
-was an anti reformest, disagreed with conte
-sociology evolves from lover to high society
-coined the term survival of the fittest
-view of social evolution called social darwinism
more of a social philosopher
-does not believe in reform

-Positivism: the idea of applying the scientific method to the social world
-interested in what holds society together
-father of sociology
-sociology- the study of society "being with others"
-reformist
-applied the scientific method to social life
-coined the term sociology
-sociology can be reformed

-we need to understand biography and the time period to understand the person
-you need to be aware of the idea of social structure and use it with sensibility to be capable of tracing such linkages among a great variety of things
-Trouble and Issue

Trouble- is a problem that is dealt with in private
Issue: a problem that is dealt with by the public

-teach phsical skills and values
-boys learn that masculinity in related to achievement in sports. the more masculine. successful the more he is accepted.
-instrumental relationships based on what you can get out of them. how useful they are to getting to your goal.
-relate instrumentally to females
-sports help the formation of female identities

-individuals the same age with same common interest
-colorado- children separate by sex
-popular boys: athletic, coolness, toughness
-popular girls: family background. physical appearance. ability to attract popular boys.
decrease popularity boys: good grades
increase popularity girls: getting good grades

-learn broader perspective to help perpare them for life
-universally- same rules apply to everyone
-hidden curriculum. values that are not explicitly taught are apart of the schools message
- school teaches children to take their place in the work force
-blue collar children not placed in college prep classes
-enforce nations social class, economic and political systems

-the more hours a week spent at day care, the weaker the bonds between mother and child. The greater the behavioral problems
-Children who spend less time in day care are more affectionate to mom and more cooperative
-Children away from mothers are less likely to have emotional needs met and less sensitive towards them. They are more stressed.
-The more they spend in day care, the higher their language scores.

-Key compnent for right and wrong for most people.
-70% belong to a local congregation
-2 out of 5 Americans attend a religious service during the week.
-Provide basic ideas of morality that become significant to all of us
-Tells us how to dress for formal occasions.

-try to move to a place where kids will be safe
-children from poor neighborhoods are more likely to get in trouble with the law, become pregnant. drop out of school, have a disadvantaged life.
-people in safer neighborhoods watch out for children more, know local children and parents, keep them out of trouble, adults are more careful around them
-poor neighborhoods have child abuse

Working Class
-Concerned about Children outward conformity
-Children have to be obedient, neat, clean, follow the rules and stay out of trouble
-make children obey. use physical punishment
-believe children should be like them
-some follow middle class child rearing.

Middle Class
-Develop kids curiosity, self expression and control
-concerned about motivation of kids behavior
-more likely to reason with children
-have more Independence in work and want kids to be like that.

-have a major impact on us. (life long)
-lay down basic sense of self, establish initial motivation, values and beliefs. As sense of who we are and what we deserve
-stroller effect- the father pushes the stroller. if take child out. mother pushes the empty one and dad holds the kid
-parents teach children the difference between men and women through non verbal cues, not specific instruction

TROUBLE
nose, skin condition, childhood, debt, insecurity (nose), neglect to protect child, drug abuse

ISSUE
homosexual relations, who gets his money after death, how will children grow up, nose, child over balcony, who gets children after death