Sociology

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Define sociology and identify several areas of investigation by sociologists

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Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts.

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Identify the components of the sociological perspective.

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it questions the obvious and wants us to see beyond our individual experiences

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Define and distinguish the macro and micro levels of sociological analysis

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Macro is the whole picture & micro focuses on the individual. Macro- organization

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Examine the relationship between sociology and popular wisdom (common sense).

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Common sense is contraditory, vague, over simplified, and unreliable. Sociological findings are backed by research and are accurate

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Define, compare, and contrast the natural sciences and the social sciences.

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natural-physical aspects of the world
social-mental & interactions

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sociological imagination

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the ability to see our private experiences and personal difficulties as entwined with the structural arrangements of society

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Explain the difference between applied and pure social science.

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applied science-is science that can be applied or used
pure- just for learning can't be applied

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List several of the occupational and personal uses of sociology.

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develop research skills, critical thinking and problem solving skills, interpersonal skills and communication skills///determine outcomes/ helps us live in a diverse world/ be active in society/

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Explain how the knowledge of sociology can be advantageous to every social being.

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sociology teaches us to consider perspectives other than our own and look beyond the individual in efforts to understand behavior

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Development of sociology in Europe & United States

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tried to explain social change and social order/ stressed importance of social interaction and the influence of society on human thought and action 1930s University of Chicago

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Auguste Comte

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Father of Sociology (Positivism) - gave term "sociology" but first called it social physics

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Herbert Spencer

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Social Darwinism-survival of the fittest

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Emile Durkheim

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Social Integration-learned way of living not biological

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Karl Marx

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Conflict Theory-society at constant conflict

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Max Weber

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Bureaucracy

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George Herbert Mead

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Symbolic Interaction

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Charles Horton Cooley

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The Looking-Glass Self

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C. Wright Mills

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The Power Elite

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Structual Functional

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interdependent structures that perform tasks for the maintenance of society

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list of social sciences

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economics:goods in societies
political science: power/govt
anthropology:origins and social relationships of humans
psychology, history, geography

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conflict theory

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Conflict theorists believe society is constantly changing and that life revolves around conflict. b. Social-Conflict is defined as class struggles due to economic inequality and that social conflict is at the core of society and the key source of social change

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Symbolic-interaction

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c. Symbolic-interaction is defined as the social theory stressing interactions between people and the social processes that occur within the individual that are made possible by language and internalized meanings. Symbolic interaction is the process through which the use of symbols (language or gestures that come to stand for something else) makes social behavior possible and as such create society.