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Glencoe Sociology & You

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conventional (social) wisdom   Common beliefs or ideas that most people hold true.  
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social structure   the patterned interaction of people in social relationships  
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sociological imagination   the ability to see the relationship between events in personal life and events in society  
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sociological perspective   looks at groups, not the individual  
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sociology   the scientific study of social structure.  
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Bourgeoisie   class owning the means for producing wealth  
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capitalism   one who owns the means for producing wealth  
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class conflict   the ongoing struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat  
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mechanical solidarity   social dependency based on a broad consensus of values & beliefs, enforced conformity, and dependence on tradition and family  
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organic solidarity   social interdependency based on a high degree of specialization  
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positivism   the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation  
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proletariat   the working class  
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social darwinism   the theory that societies evolve naturally into the fittest form  
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social dynamics   the study of social change  
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social statistics   the study of social stability and order  
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verstehen   understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the place of others  
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anthropology   study of cultures, closest to sociology  
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Auguste Comte   French, father of sociology, positivism. distinguished between social statistics & social dynamic.  
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Harriet Martineau   English, feminist, writer. Translated Comte's book.  
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Herbert Spencer   English, Social Darwinism  
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Karl Marx   German, only 2 social classes  
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Emile Durkheim   French, first to use statistical methods & teach a university sociology course.  
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Max Weber   German, model of bureaucracy.  
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Jane Addams   American, social reformer  
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Web Dubois   American, questioned race  
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