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August conte

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founder of ociology
favored positivism
saw sociology as product of a 3 stage historical development

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andre-michel guerry

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essai- launched sociology
one of the founders of moral statistics

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quetelet

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developed idea of “average person”
can find average by looking responses
one of the founders of moral statistics

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herbert spencer

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2nd founder of sociology, lower and higher forms of society
“survival of the fittest”

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max weber

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importance of religion in social change
multidimensionality of class
social economic status

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*Charles H. Cooley

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Developed looking glass self theory, in the mirror is not reality but it is a projection of what others see

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sigmund freud

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the conscious is developed through interactions with others

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*structural-functional paradigm

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sees society as a complex system whose parts work together. lives are guided by social structures

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eufunctions

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things that make life easier

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dysfunctions

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makes life more difficult

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*social conflict paradigm

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sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change

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*gender-conflict theory

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focuses on inequality and conflict between women and men

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*race-conflict theory

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focuses on inequality and conflict between people of different racial and ethnic categories

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*symbolic-interaction paradigm

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sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals

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*stability and variation

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stable rates from year to year, rates vary from place to place

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Emile Durkheim

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1987 book: suicide studied interpersonal relationships and suicide

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Karl marx

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engine of human history is class conflict
bourgeoisie vs proletariat

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harriet martineau

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1st important female sociology figure
her work was widely ignored because of gender

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*W.E.B Du Bois

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Civil rights advocate, founded and led NAACP, studied discrimmination issues

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Jane Addams

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Founder of hull house, advocate for women’s suffrage

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primary group

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a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships

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secondary group

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a large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity

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interpretive sociology

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the study of society that focuses on the meanings people attach to their social world (symbolic interaction approach)

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critical sociology

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the study of society that focuses on the need for social change

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nonmaterial culture
ideas created by members of a society
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material culture
tangible things created by members of a society
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*Sapir-Whorf thesis
people perceive the world through the cultural lens of language
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norms
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
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folkways
norms for routine or casual interaction
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mores
norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
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prescriptive norms
norms that society encourages we do
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proscriptive norms
norms that society discourages us from doing
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subculture
patterns that set apart some segment of society's population
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dominant culture
a set of patterns favored by powerful segments of the population
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multiculturalism
educational programs designed to recognize cultural diversity in the United States and to promote respect for all cultural traditions
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eurocentrism
the dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns
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*ethnocentrism
judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards
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*cultural relativism
the practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards
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Freud's Model of Personality
1. Id 2. Ego 3. Superego
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Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development
1. sensorimotor 2. preoperational 3. concrete operational 4. formal operational
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looking-glass self
an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you
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agents of socialization
family, school, peers, mass media
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gerontology
study of aging and the elderly
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
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total institution
a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff
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Resocialization
radically changing an inmate's personality by carefully controlling the environment
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status
social position that someone occupies
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status set
all statuses a person holds at any given time
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ascribed status
a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life
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achieved status
a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort
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*quantitative data
numerical values assigned to data
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*qualitative data
descriptive, non-numerical data
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ethnomethodology
study of the way people make sense of everyday surroundings
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master status
a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life
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role conflict
conflict between roles corresponding to 2 or more status
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role strain
tension between roles connected to a single status
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role exit
disengage from important social roles
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social construction of reality
the theory that the way we present ourselves to other people is shaped partly by our interactions with others, as well as by our life experiences.
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thomas theorem
situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences, the outcome of a situation depends upon an individual's perception of it, and not on the situation by itself
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dramaturgical analysis
study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance
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tact
helping someone "save face"
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sensorimotor stage
level of human development at which individuals experience the world only through their senses
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preoperational stage
level of human development at which individuals first use language and other symbols
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concrete operational stage
level of human development at which individuals first see casual connections in their surroundings
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formal operational stage
level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically
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positivism
approach to the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics, to reveal the true nature of how society operates
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socialization
the process of learning the norms and ideologies of society
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moral statistics
refers to numerical data generally considered to be indicative of social pathology in groups of people. data like suicide, divorce, abortion, prostitution, etc.
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Mead and the idea of "self"
the self is that part of the individual’s personality that is composed of self-awareness and self-image.
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Asche Study
revealed the degree to which a person's own opinions are influenced by those of a group.
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Milgram Study
people obey either out of fear or out of a desire to appear cooperative
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Weber and bureaucracies
an organization characterized by labor division, a clearly established hierarchy, comprehensive rules and regulations, and impersonal relations are 'ideal' bureaucracies.
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generalized others
a collection of roles and attitudes that people use as a reference point for figuring out how to behave in a given situation.

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