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Sociology Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Sociology
12th Grade
01/25/2010

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Conventional Wisdom and examples
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What most people believe to be true

 

Ex. Stereotypes, religion, myths

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Sociological Perspective 
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focuses on patterns of behavior shared by members of a group. 
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Why do patterns interest sociologists?
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they help explain group dynamics. 
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Emile Durkheim
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You can't judge a group based on individual behavior. 
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C. Wright Mills and Sociological imagination 
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helps us understand the affects of events on our daily lives. 
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Father of sociology, his main concern was the improvement of society.

 

Positivism- knowledge should be derived from scientific observation.

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Auguste Conte
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Harriet Martineau
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Outspoken supporter for the emancipation of slaves. 
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Social Darwinism
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Survival of the fittest. Believed that society benefits when each person finds their class lvl without interference. 
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Karl Marx 
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believed that workers would eventually overthrow the capitalists and form a classless society. 
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Mechanical Solidarity 
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pre industrial society 
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Organic Solidarity 
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industrial societies 
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Max Weber
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rationalization- mindset emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning. 
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1st department of sociology 
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1982 university of Chicago 
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Jane Addams
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founded the hull house 
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W.E.B Dubois 
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analyzed the social structure of black communities and was co founder of the NAACP. 
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Functionalism 

Conflict 

Symbolic Interaction 

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3 Theoretical Perspectives 
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Herbert Blumer 
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Defined symbolic interaction 
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Latent functions 
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Intended and unrecognized 
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Manifest functions 
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intended and recognized
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