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| coined the term sociology and stressed the importance of positivism: a belief that the world can best be understood through scientific inquiry |
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| most influential work was Society in America in which she paid special attention to U.S. diversity based on race, class, and gender |
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| used an evolutionary perspective to explain stability and change in societies. known as a supporter of social darwinism he coined the term survival of hte fittest. |
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| social facts are patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual and exert social control over each person |
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| a condition in which social control becomes ineffective as a result of the loss of shared values and of a sense of purpose in society. |
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| other early theorists ahd differing views on the status quo and stability vs. change |
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1. karl marx
2. max weber
3. georg simmel |
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| believed that conflict especially class conflict: inevitable class or bourgeoisie and the working class, or proletariat |
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| concern with the growth of large-scale organizations is reflected in his work on bureaucracy |
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| emphasized that society is best seen as a web of patterned interactions among people. Assessed the costs of industrialization on individuals. |
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| Robert E. Park and George Herbert Mead |
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| were influential early members of the faculty. Park studied urbanization and Mead founded the symbolic interaction perspective. |
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