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33 Cards in this Set
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sociology
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the scientific study of society and human behavior, social interaction and organization
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Orgins of sociology
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French Revolution- monarch and clergy have all the power decomocracy emerges.
Industrial Revolution- everyone went to go work in factories all moved to the city and workers had no money,few farmers, over crowding,sanitation. Ubanization Religous change Growth of Science Enlightnenment (social coas ppl try to explain it in sociology) |
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KEY PLAYERS
Auguste Comte |
Coined term sociology and applied scientific method to sociology
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KEY PLAYERS
Claude Henri St.Simon |
Conservaive theory
marxist threoy wanted to use scientific method |
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Emile Durkheim
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sociology as academic disipline-"rules of sociological methods"-Suicide"- though ppl who become involved in society are less likely to committ suicide-feared social ills wanted to fix
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Karm Marx
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was not a sociologist-a lot of his work is used in sociological theory-not a socialist dissagreed-rev. over reform workers fight for what they want
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Max Weber
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disagreed with Marx thought religion was the cause of social problems which was very controversal
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Harriet Martineau
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founding mother of sociolgy-main task was educate the public-"how to observe morals & manners"-"society in America"- translated comps. work
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Jane Addams
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The chicago Womans school-Hull house that gave jobs gave homes to homeless was a big social experiement-Noble Peace Prize
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Marianne Weber
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wrote biography on husband-German parlament-established herself in gov't and public speaking
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Known for NAACP-major contribution in civil rights racial theory-"The Philadelphia Negro" talked about what men looks
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Sociology in North America
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sociology could identify but gov't had to find a solution- The chicago school
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Sociology in North America
1892 |
University of Chicago founded program
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Social Imagination
Perspective |
a way of looking at and seeing something- sociology "looks" at society
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Social Imagination
C. Wright Mills |
" The Socioligal Imagination""The sociological imagination [perspective] enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography"- defines history as something that happened to a larger group society-our biography is whats personal to us
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Social Location
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ones social location are the corners in life that ppl occupy bc of where they are located in society- how we as individuals experience the world
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Sociolgical Theory
Theory |
A theory is a general statement about how some parts of the world fir together and how they work
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Sociological Theory
Symbolic Interactism |
Micro level dealing with individual interaction. *Symbols-things to which we attach meaning.Society is composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning to communicate.
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Sociological Theory
Funtionalist Perspective |
Macro level-large scale communites. See society as a system of interrelated parts which share a common goal to promote equilibruim.
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Manifest Functions
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intentional beneficial consequenses
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Latent Functions
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Unintentional but still beneficial consequences
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Dysfunctions
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negative consequences
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Sociological Theory
Conflict Theory |
Macro level large scale intitutions. Say socitey is composed of groups/institutions that are competeing with one another for scarce resources
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which theory would Karl Marx is the key to human history?
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Class Conflict
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American sociological Associations statement on ethical standards
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1 Requires openness, honesty, and truth.
2. Forbids falsification of results. 3 Condemns plagiarism 4 inform participants 5 protect anonymity 6 do not misrepresent yourself |
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Goals of sociological research
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1Description
2Explanation 3Control 4prediction |
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Steps of the research model
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1select a topic
2define the problem 3reveiw literature 4formulate hypothesis 5choose a research method 6 collect data 7analyze results 8share |
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Surveys
RESEARCH METHODS |
select sample( random-everyone in pop has the same chance of being included in the survey)-ask neutral ?'s- Closed/ open ended
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Participant observation
RESEARCH METHODS |
researcher observes or participates
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Secondary Analysis
RESEARCH METHODS |
Analyzing some one else's data
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Documents
RESEARCH METHODS |
analyzing written sources
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Experiements
RESEARCH METHODS |
used to determine cause(dependent) and effect(independent)-experimental vs. control groups
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Unobtrusive measures
RESEARCH METHODS |
observing the behavior of peopel when they don't know they are being studied
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