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sociology

TermDefinition
Auguste' comte Coined the term Sociology
Harriett Martineau Society in America
Herbert Spencer Survival of the Fittest
Emile' Durkheim Anomie'
Max weber Verstehen
Karl Marx Communist Manifesto
W. E. B. Dubois Double Consciousness
Charles Horton Cooley The looking Glass Self
Jane Adams Social Activist
Robert Merton Unintended Consequences
Sociology The scientific study of social behaviors and human groups.
Science A body of knowledge obtained by methods of systematic observation.
Herbert Spencer Early sociologist applied the concept of evolution to society in order to explain how they change over time.
Suicide Emile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of
W. E. B. Dubois was known for The Philadelphia Negro (1899), The Negro Church(1903), and Souls of Black Folk(1903). BONUS******
Jane Adams Is known for the settlement houses
Macrosociology Sociological studies that focus on a large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations are considered.
Microsociology Focuses on small groups
Mesosociology Studies formal organizations and social movements.
Interactionist perpective Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction to explain society as a whole.
Sociological imagination Defines as an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past.
Natural science The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.
Social Science The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change.
Social Science include Sociology Anthropology Economics History Psychology Political Science
Natural Science include Astronomy Biology Chemistry Geology Physics
Major Theoretical Perspectives Functionalist Perspectives Conflict Perspective Interactionist Perpective
Verstehen The concept that max weber used to stress the need for sociologist to take into account people emotions, thought, believes, understanding and attitudes was.
Ideal type Model, or construct, for evaluating specific cases.
overthrow the existing class system of capitalist societies Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx's argued that the working class must
W. E. B. Dubois Which of the following sociologist advocated for the study of social problems such as those experienced by blacks in the united states.
dysfunction An element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or reduce its stability is known as
Feminist perspective Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level inequality in gender is central to all behavior and organization.
Queer Theory Which sociological perspective would highlight the reluctance among professional athletes to display any sexual identity other than heterosexuality in public.
Anomie The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.
Verstehen German word for understanding or insights.
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