Vocabulary
Early Sociologist
Theoretical Perspectives
Culture
Values and Norms
100
Something that stands for or rpresents something else.
What is a symbol
100
He is commonly recognized as the father of sociology.
Who is Auguste Comte
100
This theoretical perspective focusses on interation amon peopl based on mutually understood symbols.
What is Symbolic Interactionism
100
Refers to the knowledge, language, values, customs and physical object that are passed from generation to generation among members of a group.
What is Culture.
100
Are broad ideas shared by peopl in a society about what is good or desirable.
What are values
200
The study of social structure from a scientific perspective.
What is sociololgy.
200
He believed that conflict between the wage workers and capitalist would bring down capitalism and bring about social change.
Who is Karl Marx
200
A theoretical perspective that emphasizes the contributions made by each part of society.
What is functionalism.
200
General cultural traits that exist in all cultures.
What is Cultural universals.
200
Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
What are norms
300
A group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects.
What is subculture.
300
He was the first sociologist to use tatistical methods in the study of guman groups. he was also the first to teach a univeristy sociology course.
Who is Emile Durkheim
300
This theoretical perspective focuses on the role of conflict, competition and constraint within a society.
What is conflict perspective.
300
Unlearned patterns of behavior.
What is instincts.
300
The three basic norms of sociology are...
What are Folkways, mores, and laws.
400
Rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms.
What is sanctions.
400
She was one of the two contributors to American sociology and was a socail reformer who spent her live working on the social problems created by the imbalance of power among the social classes.
Who is Jane Adams
400
This perspective sees parts of a society as an integrated whole. A change in one part of a society leads to changes in other parts.
What is functionalism.
400
A specific territory inhabited by people who share a common culture.
What is a society.
400
Rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group.
What are informal sanctions.
500
the patterned interaction of peopl in social relationships.
What is Social structure.
500
He was also a major contributor to American sociology. He focused on the question of race inside and outside the United States.
Who is W.E.D. DuBois
500
The assumption of this perspective is that people base their interaction on their interpretations of symbols.
What is Symbolic Interactionism.
500
judging other in terms of one's own cultural standards.
What is ethnocentrism.
500
sanctions imposed by persons given special authority.
What are formal sanctions.
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