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Sociology
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Sociology
Definition
The study of society and human behavior
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Society
Definition
A group of people who share culture and territory
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Social Darwinism
Definition
A theory created by Herber Spencer stating that society will evolve on its own "survival of the fittest"
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
(Karl Marx) Upper class/ rich
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Social Facts
Definition
A groups patterns of behavior that hold true year after year
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Applied Sociology
Definition

( 3 Developmental Stages of Sociology)

Attempt to merge Developmental and Basic 

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Grand Theory
Definition
Various situations, time frame, offer insight
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Conflict Theory
Definition

Karl Marx

Society is made of groups that compete for scarce resources.

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Functions of Functionalism
Definition

Function- postitive outcome

Disfunction- negative to system

Manifest- intended

Latent- unintended

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Functionalism
Definition

(Robert Merton)

Society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together, each with its own function.

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Sociological Perspective
Definition
Understanding human behavior by placing it in context
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Developmental Sociology
Definition

(3 Developmental Phases)

 

Correcting social problems

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Proletariat
Definition

(Karl Marx)

 

Working Class

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Social Integration
Definition

(Emile Durkheim)

 

the key to preventing suicide

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Protestant Ethic
Definition

Max Weber

 

calvanism-predestination

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Pure/ Basic Sociology
Definition

(3 Developmental Phases)

 

Academic field of knowledge

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Symbolic Interactionism
Definition

(3 Major Theoretical Perspecitves)

 

George Herbert Mead

 

The meanings we associate with things affect the outcome

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Macro level analysis
Definition

large scale patterns of society

-racism, terrorism, poverty

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Micro level analysis
Definition

small scale patterns

face to face interactions

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C. Wright Mills
Definition
"The sociological imagination allows us to grasp the connection between biography and history".
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Herbert Spencer
Definition

Social Darwinism

 

 

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Emile Durkheim
Definition

Social Integration

 

1st sociology professor

social facts

suicide study

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Mary Wollstonecraft
Definition

Feminism

 

British philosopher

1st major feminist

scandalous

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W.E.B DuBois
Definition

Race Relations

 

founder of the NAACP

1st African american to ear PhD from Harvard

 

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Auguste Comte
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Positivism

 

Father of Sociology

correct social problems/social reform

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Karl Marx
Definition

Class Conflict

 

Communist Manifesto

conflict theory

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Max Weber
Definition

Protestant Ethic

 

Calvanism

Spirit of capitalism

 

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Jane Addams
Definition

1931 Nobel Peace Prize

 

The Chicago School

Hull House

Cofounder of NAACP

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George Herbert Mead
Definition

Symbolic Interactionism

 

meanings assoiciated with words

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Increasing Global Context
Definition
Our own society isn't as isolated as it used to be
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3 Developmental Phases
Definition

1. Developmental

2.Basic/Pure

3.Applied

 

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3 Grande Theories of Sociolgy
Definition

1.Symbolic Interactionism

2. Functionalism

3.Conflict Theory

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Hawthorne Effect
Definition
Change of behavior happens when people know they are being studied
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6 research methods
Definition

1. Survey

2. Participant Observation

3.Seconary Analysis

4.Documents

5.Experiments

6.Unobtrusive Measures

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