Chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards
What is Sociology
the systematic study of human society
Society
group of people that share specific geographic area
micro interaction
small, personal
macro interaction
larger groups, individual interacting with large group
culture
groups shared practices, values, beliefs
Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills
connection between individuals and larger social forces
Social facts
laws, morals, beliefs, fashions, rituals: govern social life
Comte
founder of sociology
positivism
Martineau
first woman sociologist
Marx
Communist Manifesto
marxism, capitalism
Spencer
government allowing market force to control capitalism
Durkheim
study of “social facts”
suicide
Mead
how mind and self were developed as result of social processes
Weber
verstehen: understand in a deep way
antipositivism: researchers strive for subjectivity
quantitative sociology
statistical methods for surveys (like with large numbers of participants)
qualitative sociology
understand human behavior by interviews, focus groups, content sources (magazine, newspaper, etc)