Famous Theories
The sociologist who founded Positivism and founded sociology as a whole
Who is Auguste Comte?
The first female sociologist who translated work of Comte
Who is Harriet Martineau?
A term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place
What is globalization?
An ability to see the context which shapes your individual decision making, as well as the decisions made by others
What is sociological imagination?
Everyone thinks you are the hero of their lives and you develop a savior complex
What is the looking glass self?
Who is Max Weber?
A sociologist who created the Hull House and was a pioneer in the field of social work
Who is Jane Addams?
An often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic
What is a stereotype?
A phrase which means to abandon bias and to experience society as if it is your first time and everything is new
What is seeing the "strange in the familiar”?
You have to pretend to only eat salads in front of your friends but binge eat later at night by yourself
What is dramaturgical analysis?
The sociologist who established Social Darwinism (later eugenics)
Who is Herbert Spencer?
The author of "Suicide: A Study in Sociology"
Who is Emile Durkheim?
This theory focuses on how social interactions and people assign meanings to things around them based on interpretation of their interactions with others
What is social interactionist theory?
The study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior
What is sociology?
You are told that you are the "overly emotional friend" and you feel that maybe you are a bit dramatic
What is the labeling approach?
The sociologist who established Conflict Theory (class conflict creates change in society)
Who is Karl Marx?
One of the founders of American sociology and once president of the American Sociological Association
Who is Lester Frank Ward?
Coined by Comte, a philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified
What is positivism?
A state of affairs that negatively affects the well-being of communities or larger groups within a society
What are social issues?
People treat her as a pure girl who would never do anything wrong and of course she feels like walks on water
What is looking glass self?
An American sociologist who studied sociology in the context of race (Negro Problem)
Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
The founder the NAACP and the author of the Crisis journal
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Any form of communication to larger audiences
What is mass media?
The ability to logically and reasonably evaluate an argument or problem while maintaining an awareness of and sensitivity to social forces and contexts
What is sociological thinking?
He is so fake! Those roses for her were given to his actual girlfriend but she'll never know she's dating a player like him
What is dramaturgical analysis?