Sociology Exam 1 Flashcards
(Sociologist)
Listed values; individualism, freedom, equality, achievement
Robin Williams
Approach that examines the relationship between a culture and its total environment
Cultural Ecological Approach
Two sociological perspectives that rely on microlevel analysis
Structural functionalism & Conflict Perspective
Max Weber’s term for conceptual model or typology
The Ideal Type
System of symbols that people use for communication
Language
Human need to establish communities.
Social Imperative
A process in which societies grow more complex in terms of technology, social structure, and cultural knowledge over time.
Sociocultural Evolution
Society where people use hand tools to grow domesticated crops.
Horticultural Society
Society where plows and animals are used
Agrarian Society
Society where machines and advanced tools
Industrial Society
University that is credited with developing the first sociology program in the United States
University of Chicago
Sociologist who studied The Power Elite as shaping foreign domestic policy for the benefit of the powerful class
C. Wright Mills
Type of research that answers “what” and “how” a phenomena occurs
Descriptive Research
Society Characterized by global information and service economy.
Postindustrial Society
Father of Sociology, studied suicide
Emile Durkheim
