THEORISTS
He is coined as "the first sociologist"?
Who is Auguste Comte?
Unwanted child deserted at a young age and raised by animals.
What is a feral child?
Emile Durkheim is associated with this school of thought in sociology.
What is structural functionalism?
According to Charles Cooley, this concept describes an individual's development of self-concept through interactions with others and societal feedback.
What is the looking-glass self?
Get along well with older people
Who are only children?
He analyzed capitalism and emphasized the role of class conflict in shaping social change.
Who is Karl Marx?
The application of the scientific method to obtain quantifiable data to understand society.
What is positivism?
This school of thought examines conflicts created by gender.
What is feminist sociology?
He believed that society could be liberated through bureaucracy and not revolution.
Who is Max Weber?
Most difficult to read and raise
Who are the middle children?
This sociologist examined how women are "alienated from their experience".
Who is Dorothy Smith?
He introduced the concept of the "looking-glass self" to explain how individuals develop their self-concept through interactions with others.
Who is Charles Cooley?
This school of thought studies the individual's role and place within the wider society and how people create their world through social interactions.
What is symbolic interactionism?
They all contributed to symbolic interactionism
Who is Charles Cooley, George Herbert Mead & Max Weber
Compliant and aggressive types
Who are the first born?
He called the emerging diversity in society functional differentiation and believed it would allow groups to work together more productively and peacefully.
Who is Emile Durkheim?
It refers to the division of labor and specialization within society.
What is functional differentiation?
Karl Marx belongs to this school of thought.
What is conflict theory?
He defined social actions as motivated by efficiency rather than morality, custom, or emotion.
Who is Max Weber?
Difficult for child to find his or her place in the family
Who are last born children?
He believed that individuals wear masks depending on the role they are playing.
Who is George Herbert Mead?
The term Max Weber used to describe social actions motivated by efficiency or benefit rather than custom or emotion.
What is rationalization?
This school of thought is criticized for overlooking important issues such as poverty and racism.
What is structural functionalism?
Karl Marx's sociological analysis centered on this economic system, highlighting conflicts arising from disparities in social class.
What is his analysis emphasis on class conflict?
Tend to go into careers that require higher education (e.g., medicine, law, engineering
Who are only children and first born?