29 Cards in this Set
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Sociology
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the systematic study of human society and the social interaction
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How can Sociology help us understand others and ourselves
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how human behavior is shaped by group life and in turn how individuals addict group life
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Durkheim
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agreed that societies are built on social facts
rapid social change produces strains on society
loss of shared values and purpose can lead to a condition of anomie
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anomie
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Anomie is a "a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals". It is the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community
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Marx
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stressed that within society there is a continuous clash between the "have" and "have nots"
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Weber
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Sociology should be value free and people should become more aware of the role that bureaucracies play in daily life
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How did Simmel's perspective differ from that of other early sociologists
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others focused on society as a whole
simmel explored small social groups and argued that society is best seen as a web of patterned interactions amend people
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Functionalist
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assume society is a stable orderly system characterized by societal consensus
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conflict perspectives
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argue that society is a continuous power struggle among competing groups ofter based on class, race, ethnicity or gender
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Symbolic Interactionalist
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focus on how people make sense of their everyday social interactions
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Postmodern theorists
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believe entirely new ways of examining social life are needed and that it is time to move beyond functionalists, conflict, and symbolic interactionist approaches
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Conventional Research Process
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1. selecting the problem
2. reviewing previous research
3. formulating the hypothesis
4. developing research design
5. collecting and analyzing data
6. draw conclusions
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Qualitative approach steps
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1. formulate the problem to be studied
2. college and analyze data
3. report results
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Main types of research methods
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surveys
secondary analysis
field research
experiments
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society
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a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authorities and cultural expectations
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sociological Imagination
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C. Wright Mills term for the ability to see the relationship between the individual experiences and the larger society
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positivism
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a term describing Aguste Comete's belief that the world can best be understood through scientific inquiry
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Social Darwinism
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survival of the fittest
Herbert Spencer's belief
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Emile Dirkheim
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social facts- her term for patterned ways of acting, thinking and feeling that exists outside any one individual but the exert social control over each purpose in society
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theory
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a set of logically interrelated statements that attempt to describe, explain and predict social events
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Manifest functions
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functions that are intended and or overtly recognized by the participants in social unit
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Latent Functions
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unintended functions that are hidden and remain unacknowledged by participants
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validity
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the extent to which a study or research instrument accurately measured what is supposed to be measured
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central themes in development of society
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1. Enlightenment and social revolutions:
age of reason and French revolution
2. Industrial Revolution
The practical approach of science
3. Globalization:
increase in global flows
"The Butterfly Effect
4. Consumption
5. Digital World
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3 Paths of Sociology
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1. scientific
2. social reform: policy oriented
3. Public Sociology: wide audience
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August Comte
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counted the term Sociology
posativism
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Herbert Spencer
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Survival of the Fittest
Social Darwinism
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Harriet Martineau
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Morals and Manners
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Max Weber
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rationality
motivations of people
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SOC 100: EXAM 1