People
Described society as two groups: the bourgeoise and the proletariat
Karl Marx
Bullying teaches children how to deal with conflict
Functionalism
Refer to societies with little or no social change over time and rigid adherence to norms
Social Statics
He is considered the father of Sociology. Advocated for positivism in its study
Auguste Comte
A 5-point scale used for collecting survey data
Likert Scale
Canadian sociologist who popularized Feminist Standpoint Theory
Dorothy Smith
There's two kinds of people in the world, powerful and weak
Conflict Theory
According to Karl Marx, this is the working class
Proletariat
Published the first sociological study, on suicide
Emile Durkheim
Social-Psychologist who devised the Conformity Experiment
Solomon Asch
He championed "social Darwinism"
Herbert Spencer
Criminal parents are going to raise criminal kids
Symbolic interactionsm
This refers to the functions that are not the intended functions of an institution, but important functions nevertheless
Latent functions
He developed the idea of verstehen
Max Weber
Ethics
Believed that society was the result of consensus between members of a group
Emile Durkheim
Change in society is usually just movement back and forth from a general equilibrium
Functionalism
Max Weber used this term to describe understanding another's point of view and experiences
Verstehen
Was interested in Social Statics and Social Dynamics
Auguste Comte
Aspect of an experiment that is measured and studied, impacted by the independent variable
Dependent Variable
Discussed the idea of race being a social construct
W.E.B. Du Bois
Conflict Theory
Emile Durkheim used this term to refer to societies that achieve consensus through strict adherence to tradition, broad agreement on vales/beliefs and the sharing of labour
Mechanical Solidarity
He considered himself more of a philosopher and economist but his ideas are central to sociology, particularly conflict theory perspective.
Karl Marx
A type of naturalistic observation where the researcher surreptitiously becomes part of the group being studied
Participant Observatio