Across
- 1. The first person appointed as a sociologist
- 4. Type of authority that does something because that is the way it has always been done
- 6. The idea that God has already chosen who will be saved
- 8. What a worker actually does, generally expressed as a wage
- 9. The sociologist focused on the question of how people rationalize behavior
- 12. From where does x (institution) gain its power?
- 13. According to Durkheim, this type of suicide may be defined as having a feeling of normlessness and wondering what one’s purpose is
- 15. A term in gender theory for the most culturally valued, often an idea or way of being that is taken for granted
- 16. The powerful group made up of politics, warlords, and big business
- 18. The theory presented by Bourdieu that your internalized disposition shapes your perspective on life; people like what they like because of where they come from
- 20. The type of capital focused on money
- 22. Statements on obvious, undefeated truth; these are the facts
- 25. The type of sociology that C. Wright Mills followed that pushes against grand theory and the idea that there is no one theory to explain everything
- 27. Term used to explain when someone tries to understand actions from a person’s perspective, understanding the group’s actions
- 29. Your way of knowing things; a statement on how we know something is real
- 31. Type of capital that focuses on who you know
- 32. Type of authority that has a system set up to tell us ‘what’ to do; it has impartial system(s) and systemized elections
- 34. According to Durkheim, this type of suicide may be defined as being overly bonded to social groups
- 36. An example of the idea that science is a normalizing force that is always trying to push people into neat and rigid boxes; the theory that science is a part of the domination process, not liberation
- 37. Idea created by Weber that says, because the Puritans wanted to work, modern people are now trapped and have to work
- 40. The erasure of the work this sociologist did is believed to be the erasure of and entire era or generation of black sociologists
- 42. The institution that institutionalized and corporatized the production of mass media
- 45. The mismatch between exchange value and the use/labor value, obscures the reality of an object
- 46. Type of authority that states a person or institution has a quality that draws others in
- 47. The sociohistorical process of making/creating racial identities
- 50. The idea that God wants each of us to do something specific; if you are working where God wants, he will reward you
- 51. How stereotypes are weaponized and how many people learn about those who are different from them
- 52. The theory of the objective set of ideas that we are trying to make sense of linguistically
Down
- 2. The idea that those in the power elite do not come together in a dark, smoky room; rather, they all have similarities that allow them to connect with one another
- 3. My actions in x (a certain institution) will result in y
- 5. The scientific idea that black people are biologically different from white people
- 7. Theory of the “real laws” which govern all of society
- 10. Type of network in which there are ‘choke-points,’ or blocks you have to get through in order to see anything
- 11. The theorist who believed that blacks and whites are fundamentally different and that black people should go only to technical school
- 14. The idea or theory that people are already in a state of confusion or disorientation
- 17. The idea that capital (wealth inequality) will widen
- 19. The idea that humans are divorced from our physical/biological world and now live in a purely social world; the differences between humans and animals
- 21. The category that is at the base of society
- 23. Type of network in which people are able to connect independently to one another
- 24. The rule that stated that any black heritage categorizes someone as black
- 26. The certain percentage of the population who have talent and are able to be in positions to lead
- 28. Type of action which says that personal experience motivates action; subjective
- 30. According to Durkheim, this type of suicide may be defined as having a lack of social ties/bonds, and being overly individualistic
- 33. The extension of racial meaning to previously non-racialized issues
- 35. The abstract value of a product based on material accomplishment
- 38. When labor becomes an object outside of the worker, the purpose of the work is only to transform a commodity
- 39. Type of capital that focuses on a formal system, specifically getting a degree or one’s credentials
- 41. Type of capital that focuses on what you know (about culture)
- 43. The abstract value of a product based on systemized trade
- 44. Creating a us vs. them mentality and making distinctions between people
- 48. According to Durkheim, this type of suicide may be defined as someone being overly determined and having the feeling that they have to do something in order to feel fulfilled
- 49. Once we understand what the world is, what are we supposed to do about it?