Test 1 Flashcards
Why study sociology?
To understand why people act, react, and interact they way they do
(Scientific and systematic) to make sense of the madness
What is sociology?
Study of human behavior
How we act, react, and interact with one another
What is sociological imagination?
Our way of being Connected to society
Question
Not accept superficial reasons as to why behavior and conditions exist
What is social reality?
It is perceptions based on experiences defined and the meanings attached
What is social theory?
Explanations based on research
What is sociological research?
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What was August Comte perspective?
“Father of Sociology”
Observed society
Needed a discipline to explain behavior and could solve problems
People must accept social change because of its inevitability.
“How to cope”
What was Herbert Spencer’s perspective?
"Evolutionary Theorist" Embraced the teachings of Charles Darwin Change is inevitable and be unaffected "Survival of the fittest" Learn to adapt
What was Karl Marx’s perspective?
Believed in classless society through evolution
What was Emile Durkheim’s perspective?
“Social Scientist”
Utilized sociology as it is suppose to be
FIRST to do research on individual and society
Observed conditions in society that influenced “man”
What was Harriet Martineau’s perspective?
“Social Activist”
Feminist
Turn words into actions
Advocate for women equal rights, fare wages, poverty, etc.
What was Max Weber’s perspective?
Most influence on western locations
Non-judgements,
In order to understand human behavior you must understand the behavior
Objective
What was W.E.B. Dubois’s perspective?
Through education individuals can achieve and interact
Racial minority developed a double-consciousness
