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15 Cards in this Set
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Auguste Comte - sociology |
Study of society |
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Positivism |
Apply the scientific method in the social world |
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Auguste Comte ideal |
Positivism |
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Herbert Spencer ideal |
Social Darwinism |
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Social Darwinism |
The fittest members of society survive, while the less fit die out, unless they interfere with the better members |
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Herbert Spencer |
Sociologists should not guide social reform, let social Darwinism win |
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Karl Marx |
Said that class conflict is the only way for social change to occur, in the form of revolution in order for the proletariats to seize the means of production |
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Emile Durkheim ideal |
Social integration |
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Social integration |
The degree to which people are tied to their social groups. Influences suicide rates and explains how social factors underlie and are present in individuals of a group. Human behavior must be understood by the social forces, not just the individual |
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Weber ideal |
Religion was the source of sociology, and what affected people, rather than economics, which is what Marx claimed |
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Sociology and protestantism |
Weber claimed that religion is what dictated social forces, determined suicide rates, etc., and that capitalism was more likely to flourish in protestant countries, as people were driven to be independent, and wealth was seen as a sign that God was on their side |
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Weber's value in sociological research |
Claimed that values (what one deems important) should not have an influence on sociological research, but should instead be seen with objectivity (value neutrality) |
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Verstehen ~ Weber |
"to understand", meaning that an interpreter of a society should be someone who is from that society, and understands the feelings and emotions of the people being studied |
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Subjective meaning |
How people interpret their situations in life (related to Verstehen) |
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Social facts |
A group's recurring patterns of behavior ~ related to Verstehen |
