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Cards in this set: Term sociology Definition The Scientific Study of Society Term Sociology is a large social grouping that shares... (3) Definition A) the same geographical territory B) the same political authority C) dominant cultural expectations Term Social Science Definition Any Academic Discipline that uses the Scientific Method to study humans in some form Term Natural Science Definition Any Academic discipline that uses Scientific method to study physical features of the earth or universe Term University must consist of four major divisions... Definition 1.Social Science 2.Natural Science 3.Humanities 4. Vocational/technical Term The Sociological Imagination (def) Definition the Ability to See the Relationship Between Individual Experiences and the Larger Society Term The Sociological Imagination (person) Definition C. Wright Mills Term T/F: less than half of all undergrads at 4-yr colleges have credit cards Definition FALSE. about 73% have one Term T/F: average debt on undergrad's credit card is more than $2000 Definition TRUE Term T/F: In USA, it's illegal to offer free merchandise to promote credit cards Definition FALSE Term T/F: some consumer activist groups want Congress to require people under 21 to prove they can handle credit card Definition TRUE Term T/F: More than 1 million people in the US file bankruptcy a year Definition TRUE Term T/F: Banks and credit card companies lose less than$500,000 a year on debt Definition FALSE. about 17 billion Term T/F: Everyone in US's debt added together is over $555 billion Definition TRUE Term T/F: more than 100,000 people under age 25 file personal bankruptcy a year Definition TRUE Term T/F: the sociology of consumption focuses primarily on how individuals determine what to buy/ what to spend Definition FALSE. more about society as a whole, including how consumption affects identity Term T/F: overspending most common in higher-income areas Definition FALSE. lower and middle income brackets bad too Term The Enlightenment Definition “the Age of Reason-” belief in human progress-the “intellectual revolution Term Industrialization Definition shift from agriculture to manufacturing Term Urbanization Definition population shift from rural to urban, from producers to consumers Term Emphasized Social order and Stability (4) Definition -Comte, Martineau, Spencer, Durkheim Term Emphasized conflict and social change: (2) Definition -Karl Marx and Max Weber Term Comte Definition Positivism/Father of Sociology/Coined Term Term Matrineau Definition Translator of Comte; Analysis of Consequences of Industrialization/Capitalism Term Spencer Definition Social Darwinism-Survival of the Fittest Term Durkheim Definition Social Facts/Suicide Research/Father of Modern Sociology Term Marx Definition Class Conflict and Alienation/Economic Determinist/ Key Works: The Communist Manifesto 1848) and Das Kapital-1867 Term Weber Definition Work Ethic; Value Free Sociology/Verstehen Work: The Protestant Ethic & Spirit of Capitalism Term The Chicago school Definition first department of sociology in the U.S. Term Robert Park Definition asserted that urbanization had a disintegrating influence on social life. Term Lester Ward Definition “Father of American Sociology,” Founder of the ASA; lst president Term William Graham Sumner Definition -Social Darwinist; Coined terms: Folkways/Mores Term George Herbert Mead Definition founded symbolic Interactionist perspective. Term Jane Adams Definition founded methodological approach used by sociologists for years Term W.E.B. du Bois Definition 1868-1963-noted that dual heritage creates conflict for people of color - double consciousness-The Philadelphia Negro Term Structural Functionalist Perspective Definition all societies must meet social needs in order to survive. Assumes that society is a stable, orderly system. Term Conflict Perspective Definition Groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources. Term Who formed concept of the power elite? Definition C. Wright Mills Term Feminist approach Definition Assumes that gender is socially created and that change is essential for people to achieve their human potential without limits based on gender. Term Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Definition Society is the sum of the interactions of individuals and groups. People communicate through the use of symbols and symbolic gestures. Term Earlier theoretical perspectives are (succesful or unsuccessful) in explaining social life in contemporary societies. Definition unsuccessful. emerged after WWII Term Three Major Views of Society Definition Functionalist perspective, Conflict perspective, and Interactionist perspective