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Sociology |
Scientific study of social behavior and human groups. |
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Sociological imagination |
An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past |
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Science |
Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. |
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Natural science |
Study of physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change. (Adtronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics). |
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Social science |
The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change. (Sociology, anthropology, economics, history, psychology, and political science). |
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Theory |
Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior. |
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Auguste Comte |
Believed that a theoretical science of society and a systematic investigation of behavior were needed to improve society. He called it sociology. |
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Harriet Martineau |
English sociologist, translator of Comte's works. Offered insightful observations and social practices of Britain and the United States. First book on sociological methods. (Gave special attention to social distinctions and factors like gender and race.) |
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Herbert Spencer |
Not compelled to correct or improve society; hoped to understand it better. Applied concept of evolution and survival of the fittest (Darwin) to sociology. |
