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38 Cards in this Set
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Social facts |
Realities that are EXTERNAL, OBJEXTIVE, COERCIVE, but are social not biological, physical, chemical...ect |
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Sociology |
The scientific study of society and human behavior. |
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Society |
The reality that exists we are in relation with each other. |
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Paradox of dependency |
Human individuals need society to be human persons |
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Variation of universality |
Individual humans and behavior are influenced by society to become unique persons expected to behave. |
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Empirical data |
Directly observable data (qualitative, and quantitative) |
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Objective observation |
Use of mythological procedures to avoid bias |
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Critical thinking |
Skepticism/ constant questioning |
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Soliogical perspective |
Neither life of an individual nor the history of society can be understood in isolation of each other. |
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Soliogical imagination |
Understanding human behavior by placing it in a broader social context |
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Benifits of soliogical imagination |
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Rise of rational thinking (modernization) |
Use of reason logic and science to explain reality. |
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Rise of industrial technology (modernization) |
Use of automated/mechanized modes of production- powered by fossil fules |
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Rise of urban concentration (modernization) |
Movement of human population from rural areas to live in cities |
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Post modern sociology |
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Social turmoil |
The enlightenment caused this by challenging traditional models of authority. Religious, political, economic, family. |
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August Comte |
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Herbert Spencer |
Had a evolutionary perspective. Society is evolving. |
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Carl Marx |
Focused on economic social class |
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Emile Durkheim |
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Egoistic |
Weak social bonds |
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Altruistic |
Excitingly strong social bonds |
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Anomic |
Rapidly changing social status |
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Max Weber |
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W.E.B Dustin Bois |
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Parsons and Mills |
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External (social facts) |
Indipendent of, outside of, separate from individual persons |
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Objective (social facts) |
Characterized by unique observable properties |
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Coercive (social facts) |
Capable of exerting power or influence |
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Levels of analysis |
MACRO- FOCUSED ON BROAD WIDE SPREAD SOCIAL PATTERNS micro- focused on immediate face to face interactions |
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Theoretical perspectives |
Functional, social conflict, symbolic interaction |
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Functionalist |
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Social conflict |
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Symbolic interaction |
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Analogies |
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Thomas theorem |
If people define a situation as real, it will be real in its consiqhences |
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Quantitative |
Natural science model, goal to discover laws governing social behavior. Focus on data easily expressed in numbers. |
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Qualitative |
Interpretive science model. Goal to predict and understand social behavior. Focus on meaning of data. |
