What's their name
This philosopher believed in the ideal type. The ideal type is defined as the model of a particular object of study.
Max Weber
It's a system or organization of interrelationships among those of a common culture that connects them. Created by humans.
Society
Society is characterized by competition, struggle, and tension between groups.
Conflict Theory
Theorist who coined the term Sociological Imagination
C.W. Mills
Looks at parts of society, one-on-one.
Microsociology
This person was apart of the Progressive Era and fought for women rights, education for children, rights for those in poverty, and created a place for all to attend.
Jane Addams
a set of rules, symbols and traditions that shape a specific group. They are enacted by that group as thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is typically passed to new generations and might include both physical and non-physical factors.
Culture
The Big picture, looks at society as a whole.
Macrosociology
Ability to see how society influences the lives of the individuals in that society.
Sociological Imagination
The degree to which we are connected to social group.
Social Integration
This person saw society as organized around conflict, believed society was divided into a number of different classes of people, but the two most important groups were the bourgeois and the proletariat
Karl Marx
This concept refers to the parts that make up a society and their respective arrangement. It also explores the distribution of people in social positions, as well as the organization of those social positions
Social Organization
Sees society as stable. Parts are integrated - any part that does not contribute to stability will not transmit to the next generation.
Functionalist Perspective
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Sociologist are more concerned with ___ behavior than the behavior of an individual.
Group
Economic system in which the means of production (natural resources, labor, and capital) are owned by individuals.
Capitalism
Male founder of Sociology, first one to use the term "Sociology".
August Comte
This concept explores the socioeconomic division of people in a society. Social stratification is an element of this, and it essentially divides people into strata or layers
Social Inequality
Emphasizes our interactions with each other as influenced by context of society; shared understandings.
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Explanation of a social problem, action, or behavior.
Sociological Theory
Feeling of increasing isolation and loneliness that results from great social change.
Anomie
They approached Sociology from a scientific point of view a major emphasis of his work was uncovering and using social facts in his studies.
Emile Durkheim
Looks at the pattern within organizations and cultures through which social action happens. This includes arrangements of organizations, institutions and roles, and cultural symbols
Social Structure
The approach that compares life to actors on a stage.
Dramaturgical Analysis
Studied group rates of suicide in the early 19th century.
Emile Durkheim
Empathetic understanding of behavior.
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