SA Flashcards
• Study of patterned and shared human behavior (Palispis, 2007)
Sociology
social institutions, social groups, stratification, social mobility, bureaucracy , ethnic groups and relations; (family education, politics, religion and economy)
social organization
human nature resulting from group life, social attitudes, collective behavior and personality formation (rally, mob,wake)
social psychology
change in culture and social relations; social disruptions; adjustments with regards to group behavior; removing the main purpose for a social purpose, detaching from the actual experience (Ex. The use of smartphones)
social change and social disorganization
nature and behavior of a given population and its relationship with other groups or with existing institutions
human ecology
number, composition, changes and quality of a given population as they affect the economic, political and social systems
population/demography
how principles and theories of group life may be applied and used for the regulation of man
sociological theory and method
application of findings of sociological research in various aspects of social life.
applied sociology
➢ Systematic investigation of behavior needed to improve society
➢ Father of Sociology
August Comte
➢ Law of three stages: universal law at work in all sciences, stages of development of all knowledge about humanity
August Comte
➢ Idea of Positivism (necessary for rebuilding a society on a rational basis)
August Comte
➢ Published Positive philosophy (summarizes stages of development of all knowledge about humanity)
August Comte
➢ Coined term “sociology”
August Comte
➢ Applying scientific method to study of society and social relations
August Comte
➢ German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary
➢ Wrote the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels
➢ Worked with Engels
Marx
➢ Credited for being the founder of communism
Marx
➢ No property, no hierarchy, no social discrimination (Criticism: people will always find a measure of social hierarchy)
Marx
➢ Central tenet: Exploitation of the labor force (bottom of the worker hierarchy: GP, nurses, midwives)
Marx
➢ All aspects of society are economically conditioned and controlled by capitalism
Marx
➢ Society divided between two classes that clash in pursuit of interests
Marx
- Works:
- The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism
- The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism
- Theory of Social and Economic Organization
- Politics as a Vocation – entity claiming monopoly on the legitimate use of violence
Max Weber
• Studies traditional organization and formal organization (black and white and no gray area)
Max Weber
To comprehend behavior, one must learn subjective meaning people attach to actions
Employ verstehen: understanding; insight
Ideal type: Construct for evaluating specific cases
Max Weber
➢ Breakdown of traditional social organizations → anomie (condition of normlessness and loss of social control)
Emile Durkheim
➢ Suicides
Emile Durkheim
➢ Division of Labor in Society
Emile Durkheim
➢ 1st French academic sociologist who obtained a doctorate degree in sociology
Emile Durkheim
Proponent of the Functionalist Theory
Emile Durkheim
➢ Individuals are more of a product that creator of society
Emile Durkheim
➢ Behavior must be understood within larger social context: individuals are more of a product that creator of society (Ex. ↑ display of sensuality and intimacy, people becomes more open to that practice)
Emile Durkheim
➢ Major works and contribution include: • The Rules of the Sociological Method • Sociology of Religion • Sociology of Education • Crime and deviance (Normal and pathological) • Suicide
Emile Durkheim
• Social theory: Introduction of typologies of social groups
• Gemeinshaft: type of group willed into being because of sympathy among its members, or the expression of their will (ex. Neighborhood and friendship group)
-mechanical society
-with emotional attachment; goal: join organizations, look for friends, etc
• Gesellschaft or the arbitrarily willed group that arises to attain some definite end (ex. City and the state)
-organic society; goal-oriented
-no emotional attachment; main goal: study
Ferdinand Toennies (1855-1936)
• Taught political economy (now economics)
William Graham Sumner
• Author of Folkways and the Science of Society – study of folkways
William Graham Sumner
• Coined the term ‘ethnocentrism’ (inclination or belief that your culture is superior than others; majority of the Europeans)
William Graham Sumner
• Theory of structural functionalism
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A.R. Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955)
• Contributions in the development of the structural-functionalism (anthropological use)
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955)
Made anthropology a college subject
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955)
• Worked alongside Karl Marx
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Friedrich Engels (1820-1903)
Works: The condition of the working class in England; Socialism: Utopian and Scientific; Origin of family, private property and the state.
Friedrich Engels
Co-authored the Communist Manifesto
Friedrich Engels
- The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique of American economy)
- Concepts of conspicuous consumption (buying goods to show people that they are rich
Thorstein Veblen
- Russian-American
* Founded the Department of Sociology at Harvard University
Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968)
• General theory for the study of society: “Action theory”
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Human action is not to be completely free but grounded in norms or ultimate principles of action
Talcott Parsons
Brought the theories of the grand masters (Durkheim and Weber) to the US and embedded these in the American culture
Talcott Parsons
Key proponent of the Structural-Functionalist perspective (sociology)
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Talcott Parsons
Studies human being through genetics, inherited traits, evolution and adaptation. (Use of fossils especially of human bones)
Physical anthropology / biological anthropology:
Main concern is human society and culture. Investigates the culture and social organizations of a particular group of people including their language, political organization, kinship, socialization, tradition and gender relation.
Cultural anthropology
studies the process of human communications (i.e. variation of language across time); relationship of language and other aspects of culture like ethnicity, social status, etc.
Linguistic anthropology