Vocab
The study of society from a small scale
What is micro sociology?
This philosopher is commonly known as the "father of sociology", as he coined the term sociology
Who is Auguste Comte?
This perspective examines the functions or consequences of the structure of society
What is Functionalist?
Academic disciplines designed to examine human relationships and objectively understand the social world
What is social sciences?
This is first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name
What is Roosevelt?
A social condition or pattern of behavior that has negative consequences for the individual, our social world, and our physical world
What is a social problem?
While many of his views are seen as controversial today, this English sociologist is seen as the "second founder of sociology" and coined the term "survival of the fittest"
Who is Herbert Spencer?
This perspective emerged from the economic substructure of capitalism, with thinkers like Karl Marx.
What is conflict theory?
Sociology was developed as a way to study and try to understand the changes to society brought on by this period in the 18th and 19th centuries
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This is the amount of countries in the continent of Africa
What is 54?
The systematic study of individuals and social structures?
This man, better known for his economic impact, looked at how different classes interact with each other
Who is Karl Marx?
This perspective analyzes the situations and lives of women in society
What is the feminist perspective?
These revolutions swept away the existing social orders-and with them the traditional answers they had provided
What are the American and French Revolutions?
This country is the only country to border the United Kingdom.
What is Ireland?
the study of society on a larger scale
What is macro?
This Frenchman was the first sociologist to establish a department of sociology and was the first to use the Scientific Method in sociology experiments.
Who is Emile Durkheim?
This theory focuses on how we use language, words, and symbols to create and maintain our social reality.
What is interactionist?
This idea put forward by C Wright Mills states that every problem faced by an individual has roots in society as a whole and is faced by many others
What is Sociological Imagination?
Marked by the collapse of the Berlin Wall and other eastern European countries breaking away from the USSR, the Cold War ended in this year.
What is 1989?
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is called____________.
What is empathy?
This feminist icon, most notably known for her impact on the Women's suffrage movement, is one of the first Feminist sociologists.
Who is Jane Addams?
This theory is just to justify why people use power for their own good.
What is conflict?
This period exposed Europeans to radically different ways of life, and they began to ask why cultures differ
What is Imperialism?
While New Jersey became the 3rd US State in 1787, this man was the only president born in the Garden State.
Who is Grover Cleveland?