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Sociology Ch 1 hr

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Sociology   the study of social sciences that studies humen social behavior.  
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Social Science   related disciplines that study various aspects of human social behavior  
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social phenomena   An obseverable fact or event that involes the humen science  
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Social Perspective   a viewing of the behavior of groups in a systemic way  
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Sociological imagination   ability to see the connection between the larger world and out personal lives  
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arthropology   the comparative study of he past and present cultres.  
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pshychology   Science that deals with the behavior and thinkling of organisms.  
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social psychology   study of how an indivdiduals behavior and personility are affected by the social behavior.  
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economics   study of the choices people make in an effect to satisfy their wants and needs.  
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political sceince   study of the organization and operation of governments.  
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history   study of past events  
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C.Wright Mills   sociologist that related sociological imagination to sociology.  
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Social Darwinism   perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection.  
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Function   positive consequence an element of society has for the maintenance of the social system.  
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Verstehen   empathetic understandind of the meanings others attach to their actions.  
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Ideal type   decription of the essential characteristics of some aspect of society  
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Theroy   systematic explanation of the relationship among phenomena  
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Thoretical perspective   general set of assumptions about the nature of phenomena. In case of sociology, a theoretical perspective outlines certain assumptions about the nature of social life.  
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Functionalist perspective   theoretical perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system  
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Dysfunctional   negative consequenece an element has for the stability of the social system  
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Manifest function   intended and recognized consequence of some element of society  
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Latent function   unintended and unrecognized consequenece of some element of society  
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Conflict perspective   theoretical perspective that forces on those forces in society that promote competition and change  
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Interactionist perspective   theoretical perspective that forces on how individuals interact with one another in society  
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Symbol   anything that stands for something else and has a shared meaning attached to it. Language, gestures, Images, Sounds , physical objects, events, and elements of the natural convey a perticular meaning.  
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Symbolic interaction   interaction between people that takes places through the use of symbols  
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Auguste Comte   French philosopher one of the first scholors to apply the methods physical science to the study of social life. Also coined socioly as the study of life. Focused on social stactics and social dynamics.  
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Herbert Spancer   English elovated the charles Darwin theroy of evolution in to society  
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Karl Max   believed that the structure of society is influnced by how its economy is organized.  
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Emilie Durkheim   Frenchman relgion and maintaining social order study suicide  
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Max Weber   separate groups with society rather than society as a whole  
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