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Sociology 101 flashcards
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sociology

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scientific and systematic study of large groups

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society

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defined geographic area of people who interact and share culture

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culture

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shared practices, values and beliefs

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sociological imagination

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persons behavior x wider group

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figuration

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individual and society are inseparable

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auguste comte

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european
recoined sociology
used scientific study for social patterns (positivism)

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harriet martineau

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european
women’s rights and economics

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karl marx

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european
communism, against positivism

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Herbert Spencer

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european
capitalism and survival of the fittest
often misinterpreted in racist ways

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georg simmel

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european
art and small groups
anti positivism

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emile durkheim

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european
established sociology as a formal academic discipline
healthy vs pathological societies
suicide

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max webber

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european
anti positivism
quantitative and qualitative
capitalism

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13
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WEB du bois

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american
challenged racism
NAACP and equality

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Thornton Veblen

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american
social classes and economy

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Charles horton cooley

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american
concerned with individualism
argued we see ourselves via others reactions (looking glasses)

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George herbert mead

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american
agreed with looking glasses (idea that we see ourselves in others reactions) but argued the status of the person who was reacting mattered

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Robert E Park

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american
social ecology
environment causes chaos not the people

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paradigms

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structural functionalism
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism

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structural functionalism

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society functions together to contribute to the whole

ex organs in a body

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conflict theory

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inequalities and inequities contribute to social power and affect it

ex one with the most chips wins and will change the rules to continue their winning

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symbolic interationism

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A way to examine the relationships of individuals within their society by studying their communication
ex how a society interprets symbols

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anti positivism

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the view that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms and societal values

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constructivism

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reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be

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culture

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a groups shared practices, values, and beliefs

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dramaturgical analysis

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sociological view through metaphor and theatrics

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dynamic equilibrium

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a stable state in which all parts of society work together

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dysfunctions

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social patterns that are undesirable for society

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figuration

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analyzing behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior

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generalized others

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The organized and generalized attitude of a social group

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Latent functions

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unrecognized/unintended consequences of a social process

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latent functions

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unrecognized/unintended consequences of a social process

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manifest functions

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The desired consequences of a social function
3, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, structural functionalism

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paradigms

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philosophical and theoretical framework used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and experiments performed in support of them
3, symbolic interactionism, structural functionalism, conflict theory

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positivism

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using scientific method to study social patterns

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positivism

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using scientific medic method to study social patterns

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reification

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The error of treating abstract as reality

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social facts

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laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs, fashions, rituals, and all of the cultural rules that govern social life

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social institutions

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Patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on meeting social needs

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verstehen

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understand in a deep way

40
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kenneth and mamie clark

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used dolls and children to disprove segregation

41
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peter berger

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small and big moments, soc makes firmiliar strange

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peter berger

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small and big moments, soc makes firmiliar strange

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