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| is the systematic study of human society |
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| are the disciplines that study human social behavior in a scientific manner |
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| how people relate to one another and influence each others behavior |
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| that is you must look beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions |
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the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life
-coined by C. Wright Mills |
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| the comparative study of the past and present cultures |
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| deals with behavior and thinking of organisms |
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| study of how the social environment affects an individuals behavior and personality |
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| is the study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants |
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| the examination of the organization and operation of governments |
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The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
-viewed by Herbert Spencer |
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| the conscience that the emolument of society produces for the maintenance of its social system |
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| an attempt to understand the meanings of individuals and their actions |
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| a description compromised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society |
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| an explanation of the relationships among particular phenomena |
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| a general set of assumptions about the nature of things |
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view society as a set of interrelated parts; work together to produce a stable social system
-Society by Consensus |
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| the negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system |
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| the intended and recognized consequences of some elements of society |
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| the unintended and unrecognized consequences of an element of society |
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focuses on the forces in society that promote competition and change
- folllow Karl Marx's ideas
interested in how those who possess power in society exercise control one those with little power |
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| interactionist perspective |
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Focus on how individuals interact with one another in society
-Interested in the ways in which individuals respond to one another in everyday situations.
-Also interested in the meanings that individuals attach to their own actions and to the actions of others |
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| anything that represents something else |
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| in terms of how people interact with each other via symbols; in this view, social structures are best understood in terms of such individual interactions. |
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| observable facts or events that involve human society |
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| certain processes that hold a society together |
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| society changed through definite processes |
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