Sociology 11Th Edition / Jon Shepard / Chapter 1

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Sociology

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The patterned interaction of people and social structures.

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Microsociology

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The study of people, as they interact in daily life.

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Macrosociology

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Focuses on groups without regard to the interaction of the people within.

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Sociological imagination

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set of mind that enables individuals to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in their society.

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Humanist sociology

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places human needs and goals at the center

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Liberation sociology

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objective is to replace human oppression with greater democracy and social justice.

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Clinical sociology

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using sociological theories, principles, and research to diagnose and measure social intervention.

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Anthropology

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The study of "primitive" or non literate societies.

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Psychology

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focuses of the development and function of mental-emotional processes in human beings.

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Economics

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the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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Political science

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studies the organization, administration, history, and theory of government.

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History

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examines past events in human society.

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Positivism

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the use of scientific observation and experimentation in the study of social behaviors. "positive" or sure

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Social statics

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The study of social stability and order.

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Social dynamics

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The study of social change.

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Bourgeoisie

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Those who owned the means for producing wealth in industrial society.

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Proletariat

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Those who labored at subsistence wages for the bourgeoisie.

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class conflict

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conflict between those controlling the means for producing wealth and those laboring for them.

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Economic determinism

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the nature of a society is based on the society's economy.

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Mechanical solidarity

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social unity that comes from a consensus of values and beliefs, strong social pressures for conformity, and dependence on tradition and family.

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Organic solidarity

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social unity based on a complex of highly specialized roles.

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Verstechen

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understanding social behavior by putting oneself in the place of others.

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Value free research

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research in which personal biases are not allowed to affect the research process and its outcome.

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Rationalization

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The use of knowledge, reason, planning, and objectivity.

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Functionalism

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"Macrosociology" emphasizes the contributions performed by each part of society.

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Dynamic equilibrium

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constantly changing balance among parts.

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Manifest funtions

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intended and recognized at the time.

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Latent functions

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unintended and unrecognized until later.

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Dysfunction

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elements of society with a negitive consequences

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Conflict theory

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emphasizes conflict, competition, change, and constraint within a society.

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Power

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The ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will.

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Symbolic interactionism

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"Microsociology" the theoretical perspective that focuses interaction among people.

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Symbol

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something chosen to represent something else.

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Dramaturgy

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an approach that depicts human interaction as theatrical performance.

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Presentation of self

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The attempt to create a favorable evaluation of ourselves in the mind of others.

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liberal feminism

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focus on the equal opportunity for women and heightened public awareness of women's rights.

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Radical feminism

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traces the oppression of women to male-dominated societies.

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Modernism

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Humans are autonomous beings, that legitimate worldviews can be formed through reason, and that objective truth is knowable.

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Postmodernism

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assumes that individuals are not autonomous, that reason is an unreliable way to interpret the world, and that we cannot discover ultimate truth

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Postindustrial society

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When knowledge (information) and service organizations become the major source of power.

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Globalization

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The process by which increasingly permeable geographical boundaries lead different societies to share in some economic, political and social arrangements.

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Auguste Comte

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created the word sociology

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Herbert Spencer

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created the theory "social Darwinism" or organic analogy

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Emile Durkheim

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First sociologist.
Did research in the area of suicide.