STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAMINATION #4
SOC. 400, Foundations of Sociological
Thought
SUNY College at Buffalo
Dr. ZHANG Jie, Ph.D.
George Herber Mead and Charles Horton Cooley
Symbolic Interactionism
- The basic assumption
- The founder of symbolic interactionism
- Processes in the development of the self
- Three Elements of the Looking Glass Self*
George C. Homans and Peter Blau
Exchange Theory
- The basic assumption
- Power and social exchange
- Major contributors
- Basic propositions (George Homans)*
- Criticisms of exchange theory*
Sigmund Freud
Development of Personality:
Libido
- id:
pleasure
- ego:
reality
- superego: morality
Mind
- Consciousness
- sub-consciousness
slip of
the tongue (slip of the pen)
dream
forgetting
- Oedipus Complex and Electra complex
- Dynamics of Freudian Oedipus Complex: authority vs sexuality
John Watson and B.F. Skinner
- Behaviorism
- Classical Conditioning
- Operant Conditioning
Bronislaw Malinowski
- Trobriand Island: participant observation
- Religion: sense of control, reduction of anxiety
- Deviant behavior: criminal law vs civil law
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchical Theory of Human
Motivation
- Self-actualization
- Self-esteem
- Belonging and love
- Safety
- Physiological needs
Functionalism
- The basic assumption
- Characteristics of a system
Differentiation
wholeness
interdependence
reciprocity
equilibrium
- Genealogy of functionalism
- Evaluation of functionalism
- strengths*
- criticisms*
Conflict Theory
- The basic assumption
- The founder of conflict theory
- Criticisms of conflict theory*
Note:
* Potential listing questions