Intro Part 2 Flashcards
Auguste Comte
He coined the term sociology, thought that sociologist should you scientific tools of observation experimentation and comparison to study societies, and he is known as the father of sociology
Harriet Martineau
Raised awareness of social inequality toward woman
Emile Durkheim
Developed the theory of social facts which states that customs and institutions and organizations have control over people
Karl Marx
Believed in communism where classes would no longer exist and everyone would have equal access to the products and benefits produced by society
Max Weber
Believe that human values and beliefs affected how people acted throughout history
Herbert Spencer
Developed the theory of social Darwinism. (the most people fit people in society would be the most successful)
George Herbert mead
Interested in how people defined the situation in different roles and settings in society
Talcott Parsons
Promoted theories of structural functionalism in which social structures preformed positive functions in society
C. Wright mills
Criticized the white collar middle class and how American society was controlled by elite leaders
Dorothy E Smith
Showed how society must include woman and the powerless and how we think speak and write an act on a daily basis
Three classified mental disorders
Neuroses
Psychoses
Anti social personality disorder
Neuroses
High levels of anxiety ex panic attacks
Psychoses
Losing touch with the real world
May suffer from delusions and hallucinations ex paranoia
Anti social personality disorder
Pattern of rule breaking and harming others
What was developed as a result of the industrial revolution
Sociology and social institutions
When and where was the industrial revolution
Originated in England in the 18th century (late 1700s)
What kind of factories popped up and what was the result
Textile factories appeared and people started to move from agricultural areas to new cities that were being developed
Results of people moving to developing cities
Overcrowding
Poor sanitation
Pollution
Crime increased due to overcrowding