Sociology chapters 1 and 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sociology | scientific study of social behavior in human groups |
| sociological imagination | the ability to look beyond the individual as the cause for success and failure and see how ones society influences the outcome. |
| Micro | small scale; focuses on the individual |
| Macro | large scale; point of view of the social world so we can understand more clearly |
| Solidarity | refers to the level of connectedness and integration a person feels to others in the enviorment |
| Social control | refers to the social mechanisims that regulate a persons actions |
| Emile Durkheim | 1st one to apply the scientific method, Studied suicide, *Social integration- degree to which an individ is tied to a group |
| Paradigm | refers to the theoretical framework through which scientists study the world. |
| Functionalism | or Structural functional; Framework that defines society as a system of interrelated parts |
| conflict theory | or conflict perspective; framework that views society as an unequal system that brings about conflict and change. |
| symbolic interaction | framework that focuses on how people interact with others in their everyday lives. |
| what are the 3 major theoretical perspectives | Functionalism, Conflict theory, symbolic interaction |
| name 3 of the 7 benifits of sociological Imagination | Group membership influence on our behavior. Evaluate common sense assumptions. Help us see how our lives our influenced |
| Herbert Spencer | " Society as an organism" , "survival of the fittest", interdependent parts working together as a whole, society will evolve naturally |
| Social Laws | statements of fact that are underchanging under givin conditions |
| Social Statics | are the existing structural elements of society |
| Social Dynamics | are the change in the existing structural elements of society |
| Social Darwinism | is the notion that strong societies survive and weak ones become extinct. |
| Mechanical Solidarity | state of community bonding in traditional societiesin which people share beliefs and values and perform common activities |
| Organic Solidarity | occurs when people live in a society a diverse division of labor |
| Functions | are social factors that effect people in a society |
| Latent Functions | functions that lead to unforseen or unexpected consequences |
| Bourgeoisie | refers to members of the capitalist class |
| proletariat | refers to members of the poor working class |
| Contagion | rappid, irrational mode , in which people do not think rationally or clearly. |
| Auguste Comte | "father of sociology", Science as a Society: Static branch(schools, solid institutions) & Dynamic branch( who studies these institutions, how they run) |
| Karl Marx | "Class conflict", Viewed from an economic standpoint, "capitalism breeds conflict" , Capitalist vs. Proletariat |
| Jane Addams | women, settlment house; Hull-House |
| W.E.B DU Bois | african american, study of race in america, racial inequality in the united states, founded the NAACP |
| Harriet Martineau | 1st women sociologist> Translated Auguste Comte's work into english> study women, political, social institutions |
| Impiericle data | facts that we can verify with our senses. |
| Max Weber | "Individuals interpret the meaning of their own behavior "> * Verstehen- putting themselves in the patients shoes to get a better understanding |
| Concentric cycles | Micro- local, face to face> Macro- regional, state of TX >* Global- insight into world wide connections |
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