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Details Title: Test 1 Description: Soc 201 Maynard Total Flash Cards: 21 Created: 10/02/2007 07:29:17	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Sociology Definition a social science that studies human social relationships Term social sciences Definition people, psychology, anthropology, econcomics, pol sci, history, etc. Term psychology Definition w/ in people Term anthropology Definition cultures/planet Term Micro world Definition everyday face to face experiences ex: self image, personality, attitudes, etc. Term macro world Definition larger structures, relationships that are remote, abstract, and anonymous Term How many people live on Earth? Definition 6 billion+ Term How many people live in America? Definition 300 million + Term How many nations are there? Definition 191 Term Sociology was developed in the 1800s in France by who? Definition Auguste Comte Term Theological Definition religion Term Metaphysical Definition philosophy Term Positivism Definition science, freedom from illusion and age of enlightenment Term Harriet Martineau Definition translated Comte's work into English, wrote "How to Observe Manners and Morals", FOUNDING MOTHER OF SOCIOLOGY Term W.E.B Dubois Definition first African American to get a Harvard degree, founded the 2nd social dept in Atlanta Term Karl Marx Definition most misunderstood man in western civilization, "Father of Modern Communism", economic determinist Term economic determinist Definition economics determines everything Term ifrastructure Definition economic arrangements Term Superstructure Definition all other aspects of social world except economic arrangements, art, family, religion, etc Term Primitive Communism Definition no private ownership, no social classes, communal ownership Term Stanley Milgram Definition social psychologist, war crimes of the Nazis, performed "teacher" experiment, 65% pushed the button