UCSP (Sociology) Flashcards
A group of people living together with shared customs, laws, and organizations in a specific location
Society
The study of the nature and dynamics of human society
Sociology
- founding father of sociology
- first coined the term “social physics”
Auguste Comte
Integrate certain occurence in nature and society with emerging scientific principles in looking at nature and society
Metaphysical
- He proposed an analogy for “society as an organism” composed of interdependent parts.
- Mode of production consists of the forces of production and the relations of productions between the people involved in the production of goods
Emile Durkheim
People started to study the nature and dynamics of society through observable data derived from experience.
Positive
People attribute the different occurence in nature and society to divine or supernatural powers and whims of god.
Theological
Treats society as an organism and examines how it is established, maintained, and strengthened.
Structural Functionalism
____ was coined by American Sociologist _____
to which he defined it as an outlook where we see our individuals lives are affected and reflective of the larger social context
- Social Imagination
- C. Wright Mills
- He explain that the rise and fall of societies is due to the changes in economic relation referred to as “modes of production”
- Conflict Theory
Karl Marx
- observes the iron cage of determinism
- For him, rationalization refers essentially to the disenchantment of the world. As science begun to replace the religion, people also adopted a scientific or rational attitude to the world.
Max Weber
Focuses on humans social interactions as a continuous process of interpretation, assignment of meaning, and responding to signals in the social environment.
Symbolic Interactionism
Considers different social categories that may contribute to power struggles and conflict such as economic classes, gender and race.
Conflict Theory
Large-scale analysis of social phenomenon like social structures, institutions, and larger patterns of behavior and interaction
Macro
Specific details of interactions and how people act or respond when they communicate with others
Micro