Sociology Chap One Study Questions

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Wha is Sociology

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The systematic study of human society and social interaction

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What is the sociological perspective

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sociological perspective involves being able to see the general in the particular directs one to see the link between the social context and the behavior of individuals

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What are the functionalist perspectives

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The functionalist perspective views society as a stable and orderly system composed of interdependent and interrelated parts.

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What are social Facts

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Are patterned ways of behaving,thinking and feeling Social facts are generated at the individual level but are observable at the societal level

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Conflict perspective

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conflict perspective views society as a composition of groups with clashing interests who engage in a struggle over scarce social resources. such as money,buildings equipment. it uses its power and control to shape society to its advantage.

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What two social facts that reflected substantive changes in the way societies were organized contributed to the development of sociology as a discipline in the social sciences

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1. Industrialization The transformation of societies from agriculture based to manufacturing based economic activity. during 1760 and 1850 2. Industrialization caused urbanization this is movement of a portion of a society's population from rual area's to cities

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Manifest functions

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Manifest function is the intended expected overtly recognized consequences of an activity or institution example marriage to join two people together

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How did Auguste Comte contribute to the development of the field of sociology

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Auguste Comte coined the term sociology and believed that the application of the scientific method to the study of industrial society would allow for the improvement of society

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Latent functions are those

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Latent functions are those consequences that are largely unintended and unrecognized example wedding family reunion

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How did Emile Durkheim contribute to the development of the fiel of sociology

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Emile Durkheim studied suicide and found patterns among suicide victims He produced one of the first studies that attempted to apply the scientific method to the study of society and social relationships.

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Macro-Level

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Macro-Level is a perspective the functionalist and conflict perspective are both macro-level. They examine social institutions and large scale social processes rather than small groups that shape society as a whole.

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Micro-Level

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Micro-Level focus on the dynamics and meanings of face to face interactions between people and small groups

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Symbolic-interactionist

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The symbolic interaction perspective viws society as the product of the every day interactions of people and groups. Symbolic interactionists believe people create and shape their social worlds through the use od symbols with agreed upon meanings.