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36 Cards in this Set
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Sociology |
systematic study of human society |
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Coined the term sociology in 1838 |
Auguste Comte |
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Deductive Theory |
general ideas, knowledge or understanding of the social world |
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Inductive Theory |
concrete observation |
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(Theory) Focuses on inequality |
Conflict theory |
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(Who) Conflict Theory |
Karl Marx |
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(Theory/Who) The driving force of social change that created social conflict between the classes |
Conflict Theory Karl Marx |
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What is the dominant social institution? |
Economy |
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(Who) Capitalists = profits |
Karl Marx |
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What is the level of analysis for the Conflict Theory? |
Macro Level |
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(Theory/Who) Crime is needed as a normal function of society |
Functionalism Emile Durkheim |
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Who studied the patterns of suicide in Europe? |
Emile Durkheim |
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What is the level of analysis for Functionalism? |
Macro Level |
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(Theory) Individuals communicate through interaction and this communication has symbolic meaning |
Symbolic Interactionism |
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What is the level of analysis for Symbolic Interactionism? |
Micro Level |
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First African American to graduate Harvard University |
W.E.B. Du Bois |
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Studied the evils of slavery Translated the writings of Auguste Comte |
Harriet Martineau |
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Founded Chicago's Hull House to assist immigrants Nobel Peace Prize |
Jane Addams |
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"Looking-glass self" People see themselves as they think others see them |
Charles Cooley |
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(Who) Control Theory: deviance likely if youngsters "hang-out" waiting for something to happen |
Travis Hirsch |
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The sociological imagination |
C. Wright Mills |
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Suggest the cause of poverty lies in too few available jobs |
William Julius Wilson |
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What percentage of poor head of household did not work in 2011? |
56% |
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Placed the origin of self on social experience Social experience involves the exchange of symbols |
George Herbert Mead |
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Generally defined as the blueprint |
Culture |
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Learned and shared |
Culture |
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Cars, phones, etc. |
Material Culture |
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Language, beliefs, ideas |
Non-material Culture |
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A lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and along the way learn culture |
Socialization |
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A concept that refers to a person's consistent pattern of acting, thinking, and feeling |
Personality |
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Which is more important: nature or nurture? |
Nurture |
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What language is spoken by people in more nations of the world than any other language? |
English |
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A departure from a norm |
Deviance |
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(Who) Deviance is a normal element of social organization; deviance supports social unity |
Durkheim |
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(Who)What society labels as deviant is based primarily on differences in power between various categories of people |
Karl Marx |
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Crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations |
White-Collar Crime |
