Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER social science that studies human society and behavior
sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER ability to see connection
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and personal life
idea of sociologist C. Wright Mills
Social Interaction - CORRECT ANSWER how people relate to one another and influence each
others behavior
Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER the study of how the social environment affects an
individuals behavior and personality
Phenonemon - CORRECT ANSWER obserable facts or events that involve human society
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER Conflict Theory
Society is divided into 2 categories... Bourgeousie & Proletariat
Conflict Theory - CORRECT ANSWER society's economic system influences its social
structure
Herbert Spencer - CORRECT ANSWER Social Darwinism
used theory of evolution to describe the nature of society
survival of the fittest
Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER view of society; similar to Charles Darwins;
Emile Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER concerned with social order;
saw society as set of interdependent parts that maintain the system throughout time throught a
function
studied suicide
function - CORRECT ANSWER the consequence that an element of society produces for the
maintenance of its social system
Max Weber - CORRECT ANSWER interested in separate groups within society
thought that sociologists shoudl go beyond studying what can be directly observed and attempt to
uncover feelings and thoughts of the individual
Verstehen & ideal type
Theoretical Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER provide a foundation for their inquiries
general set of assumptions about the nature of things
1) conflict perspective, 2) functionalist perspective, 3) interactionist perspective
functionalist perspective - CORRECT ANSWER based on ideas of Comte, Spencer, and
Durkheim
view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system and
is held together through the consensus
dysfunctional - CORRECT ANSWER negative consequence an element has for the stability of
the social system
i.e crime disrupts society rather than stabilize it
manifest function - CORRECT ANSWER function of an automobile: is to provide speedy
transport from one place to another
latent function - CORRECT ANSWER unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element
i.e faster you go more money on gas
conflict perspective - CORRECT ANSWER focus on the force in society that promotes change
and competition
interactionist perspective - CORRECT ANSWER focus on how individuals interact with one
another in society
symbolic interaction - CORRECT ANSWER study topics such as child development and
relationships within a group
how people use symbols when interacting with others
culture - CORRECT ANSWER all shared produts of human groups
physical objects, beliefs, values, and behaviors
society - CORRECT ANSWER group of independent people who have organized in a wya to
share a common culture and feeling of unity
values - CORRECT ANSWER shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong,
desirable or undesirable
norms - CORRECT ANSWER shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act
folkways - CORRECT ANSWER norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but dont have
great moral signifigance attatched
mores - CORRECT ANSWER have great moral signifigance attatched to these socially
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