He coined the term 'Sociology'
Auguste Comte
Comte is a founding father of this theory
Functionalism
The lifestyles of the more socially dominant group in society.
Dominant culture
The father of Sociology
Auguste Comte
The nation state where people exist within a geographical boundary
Society
He believes that norms, values, and beliefs guide human behavior.
Emile Durkheim
The working class is in a state of false class consciousness
Marxism
People use their culture as 'yardstick' against which they measure other people's culture
Ethnocentrism
These gave rise to the start of Sociology
Industrial and French revolution
social stability from consensus and conformity
Social order
Spoke about the existence of two distinct groups in an exploitive relationship
Karl Marx
Individuals create their social world through interacting with others.
Interactionism
Understanding a culture based on it's own terms
Cultural relativism
The process of moving away from rural areas to dwell in towns or cities
Urbanization
A shift in society from one stage to another
Social Change
The founder of Symbolic Interactionism
George H. Mead
Women's and men's problems in society are the result of social and not natural or biological factors.
Feminism
the feeling of disruption when you are confronted with a different culture
Culture shock
Linked to Sociology and focused on attitudes and behaviour in society
Psychology
Expectations of behaviour that accompany one's status
Roles
He developed the Dramaturgy approach
Erving Goffman
The Caribbean society has a structure that was stratified by race
Plantation society
the process of interaction and integration among people, companies and nations aided by technology
Globalization
The use of research methods that produce an objective, scientific data
Positivism
Ideas that are considered as good, correct, proper, worthwhile and desirable
Values