Founders
The Founder of Sociology
Who is Auguste Comte?
The systematic study of human society
What is Sociology?
Sociology developed during this time period due to rapid changes in society that were happening.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
In the institution of education, these would include Principal, teacher, student, superintendent among others.
What are roles?
A complex, organized system in society that meets human needs, like family, education, or religion, is called this.
What is a social institution?
Believed modern people do things for larger purposes, like work to earn more money than they need to live
Who is Max Weber?
The two things groups must share to be considered a society
What is culture and territory?
An approach states that society is a complex system; parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
What is The Structural-Functional Approach?
Students are expected to raise their hand before speaking in class. This unwritten rule is an example of this.
What is a social norm?
When a part of society or institution has negative consequences that disrupt social stability, it is referred to as this.
What is dysfunction?
She introduced feminism and gender conflict theory
Who is Harriet Martineau?
A sociologist questions why students sit quietly facing forward in classrooms instead of assuming it’s just “normal.” This illustrates this key sociological idea.
What is seeing the strange in the familiar?
His theories stated that in this new modern society a new relationship has formed, Gesellschaft, which is based on mutual transactions as opposed to Gemeinschaft relationships that are based on unconditional or mutual satisfaction
Who is Ferdinand Tonnies?
Society believes honesty and hard work are important. These shared beliefs are called this.
What are values?
When one person struggles to find affordable housing, it might be seen as a personal trouble. But when millions lack housing due to economic inequality, this broader societal condition is called this.
What is a social problem?
Founder of Conflict Theory particularly focusing on class conflict
Who is Karl Marx?
When a sociologist connects one person’s unemployment to larger economic trends rather than blaming only the individual, they are using this concept.
What is seeing the general in the particular?
This theory views society as an arena of inequality
What is Conflict Theory?
High school sports create friendships and community spirit, even though that wasn’t the school’s main goal. This is an example of this.
What is a latent function?
This English sociologist applied Darwin’s ideas to society, coining the phrase “survival of the fittest.
Herbert Spencer
Founder of structural functionalism and believed that humanity has evolved into a complex modern society in which individuals are now interdependent and must rely on each other to function as a whole
Who is Emile Durkheim?
This concept, developed by C. Wright Mills, refers to the ability to connect personal troubles to larger public issues and social structures.
What is the "Sociological Imagination"?
Society as the product of everyday interactions of individuals
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
A school organizes students into classes and teaches math and reading. This intended and recognized purpose is called this.
What is a manifest function?
This African American sociologist is the originator of race conflict theory, co-founded the NAACP and introduced the concept of double conciousness.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?