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Sociology
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the systematic study of human social activity. the study of groups.
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Sociological perspective
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seeking the general behavior in particular people.
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Using the sociological perspective is
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seeing the strange in the familiar.
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Emile Durkheim
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Suicide study in which she found records of suicide rates and scientifically put together a chart of her research
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Social Marginality
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a state of being outside a social group or activities.
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C. Wright Mill
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"If you live in a time of social hardship, you will gain the sociological perspective".
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Sociological Imagination
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you can better understand your experiences by placing yourself in society.
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Auguste Comte
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the founder of sociology.
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Positivism
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a way of understanding based on science.
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Sociology was born in
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England, France, Germany
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Carl Marx
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Wants to create revolution (social conflict, Social chant)
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Three Main Paradigms
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Structural Functional Paradigm, Social Conflict Paradigm, Symbolic Interation Paradigm
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Structural Functional Paradigm
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a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim)
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Parts of Structural Functional Paradigm
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Social structure, Social functions, Manifest functions, Latent functions, Dysfunction
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Social structure
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any relatively stable pattern of social behavior.
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Social functions
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the consequences of any social patten for the operation of society as a whole.
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Manifest functions
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the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern.
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Latent functions
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the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern.
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Dysfunction
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any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society.
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Social-conflict Paradigm
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a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. (Karl Marx)
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Parts of Social-conflict Paradigm
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Social Inequality, Social Conflict, Social Change.
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Symbolic interaction Paradigm
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Is based on the assumption that you and I as individuals create social reality
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Parts of Symbolic interaction Paradigm
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Language, Symbols
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