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Sociology
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07/15/2011

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Society
Definition
A group of people who share a culture and a territory.
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Sociological perspective
Definition
stresses the sociological conyext in which people live.or were raised incl
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Social Location
Definition
the corners in life that people occupy, because of where they are located in a society
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Scientific Method
Definition
Using objective, systematic observations to test theories
-was being tried out in chemistry and physics.
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Sociology
Definition
The study of society (from the greek logos,"study of", and the latin socious." "companion' or "being with others")began in europe in the mid 1800s
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Positivism
Definition
By Auguste Comte (1798-1857) suggested that we apply the scientific method to the social world.
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Class conflict
Definition
By Karl Marx
the engine of human history
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
the capitalist who own the capital, land, factories, and machines
by Karl Marx
natural enemy : proletariat
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Proletariat
Definition
the exploited workers
by Karl Marx
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Social Intergration
Definition
The degree to which people are tied to their social group: Found that people who have weaker ties are more likely to commit suicide.
By : Emile Durkheim
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Basic Sociology
Definition
analyzing some aspect of society, with no goal other than gaining knowledge.
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Applied Sociology
Definition
using sociology to solve problems
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Public Sociology
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American Sociological Association is promoting a middle ground between research and reform.
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Symbolic interactionism
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is that -symbols- things to which we attach meaning - are the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate with one another.
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Theory
Definition
is a general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work.
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Functional analysis
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is that sociaty is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together.
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Macro level
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that is, they examine large scale patterns of society
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micro level
Definition
focus usually on symbolic interactionists
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social interaction
Definition
what people do when they are in one another's presence
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nonverbal interaction
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(gestures use of spaace and so on ex: silence of a homeless shelter
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roles
Definition
the behaviors, obligations and privilages attached to a status - were already set up for you.
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group
Definition
consists of people who interact with one another and who feel that the values, interests and norms they have in common are important.
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Social institutions
Definition

the standard or usual ways that a society meets its basic needs- vitally effect your life

ex: family, religion , education,economy,medicine,politics,law,science,military,mass media,technology

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Auste Comte
(1798-1857)
Definition
positivisn = applying the scientific method to the social world
wondered about social order
believed sociology should guide social reform
'armed sociology"
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Herbert Spencer
(1820-1883) and Social Darwinism
Definition
Believed societies evolve from lower to higher form
believe charity and helping the poor were wrong
armchair sociology
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Karl Marx
(1818-1883) and class conflict
Definition
social reformer believed econ. class conflict was behind all human history.
controling class of capitalist, who own the means of production vs. the exploited class who provides the labor
supported revolution to achive utopia of a classes society
viewed religion as a means to keep the exploited in thrall
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Modern socs.
Max Weber (1864-1920) and the protestant Ethic
Definition
religion was the central force of social change
catholics = church= salvation
protestants =signs = financial success
--- they lived frugal lives saving money and investing in surplus which nrought out capitalism
capitalism flurished in protestant countries.
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Emile Durheim
(1858- 1917) and social Integration
Definition
succede in getting sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline
demostraited that social forces affect peoples behaivior in a classic study of suicide
showed that suicide was correlated to a group's level of socialintergration, it didnt occur randomly
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when was social security formed ?
Definition
1935
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when did england first industrialize ?
Definition
1750
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where did manufacturing 1st beging ?
Definition
in a meat factory in Chicago IL.
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Hypothesis
Definition
a testible verifiable of fasiable proposition concerning the relationship between particular sets of variables in collected data
eithe rejected or not but never accepted
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variable
Definition
data that changes from case to case
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theory
Definition
interconnected hypothesis that offer general explanations for naturals or social phenomena
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YMCA London 1899
Definition
To improve the spiritual condition among young men in the drapery and other trades
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conflict
Definition
society is composed of groups that engage in competition, sometimes fierce, for scarece resources
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symbolic Interactionism
Definition
behaiviors depend on how we define ourselvs and others
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Functionalism
Definition
society is a whole unit it is made up of interrelated parts that work together
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Master Status Variables
Definition
sex age race
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class
Definition
defined by wealth , income , education, occupation, opportunity
and parents variables count too
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in preindustrial sociaties
Definition
Lineage matters class did not exist
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marion tallot
Definition
editor of the american journal of sociology for 30 years
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grace abbout
Definition
first chief of u.s. children's burreau
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Frances Perkins
Definition
first to hold cabinet position for 12 years as secretary of labor unders president franklin roosevelt
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w.e.b. du bois 1868-1963
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fist african american to earn doctorate at hardvard studyed relations between black and whites naacp founder social reformer editor of crisis
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Jane addams 1860 -1935
Definition
nobel peace price winner for peace
worked on behalf of poor immigrants
founded hull house a center to help immigrants in chicago
leader in womens rights
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Talcott parsons 1902 - 1979
Definition
developed abstract models of society that influence a generation of sociology
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manifest function
Definition
is an action intended to help some part of a system
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latent functions
Definition
unintended consiquences that help a system adjust.
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latent disfunctions
Definition
human unintended actions that hurt a system.
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Robert Merton 1910-2003
Definition
dismissed the organic theory analogy, maintained the essence of functionalism - image of society as a whole being composed of parts that work together
used functions to refer to the benefecial consequences
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who is Harriet Marineau ?
Definition
translated comte
published a discription of american sociaty
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when did the first apartment exist and where was it constructed ?
Definition
1869 and in new york
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failure or success in a city depended on
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income
Term
coke from coal was likely used to
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smelt iron
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3 downfalls of city living
Definition
lack of privacy, conformaty , people weren't nice
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4 things fossil fuels lead to ?
Definition
production of goods, transportation, electricity, accompleshing work tasks
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symbolic interactionism
Definition
weber
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why do symbols change over time ?
Definition
eviormental and sociaty changes
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what did karl marx looked at class conflict as and what do we view it today as ?
Definition
marx: between social classes
today: amoung social classes
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what does functionalism examine ?
Definition
sociaty as a whole working out interelated parts or social institutions working together.
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what is protestestant ethic and who did it?
Definition
if you worked hard god will give you a sign that you are saved
max weber.
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who invented the stock market ?
Definition
proltestants=capitalist
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what two religions did max weber notice a big difference in ?
Definition
catholics = merchantile
prolestans= capitalism
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who argued "social darwinism " meaning societies go from primitive forms to more advanced forms ?
Definition
herbert spencer !
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what are the 6 steps in the scientific method ?
Definition
1theory/ general observation
2hypothesis
3empirical observation
4analysis- statistics and probability
5 explanation
6 theory
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who where the socail philosiphers?
Definition
comte, spencer,marx
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who were social reformers?
Definition
w.e.b. dubois. addams . durkhime
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what is the deffenition of factory production ?
Definition
specialized labor- knowing how to do one task not the whole process
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what was the purpose of minimum wage ?
Definition
it was desingned to have a minimum amount of pay to survive.
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what was the key invention to indudtrilazation ?
Definition
the steam enginee
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what do the most industrialized nations have incommon?
Definition
are europe or at some point where colonized by europe
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original need of the steam engine was to ?
Definition
pump water out of the deep mines
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