Historical Figures in Sociology
Theories
Key Terms
Culture Terms
100
The philosopher that developed Marxism
Who is Karl Marx?
100
These types of theories focus on the study of small groups and individual interactions
What are micro-level theories?
100
Physical belongings of a group of people. For instance, trains
What is Material Culture?
100
Mainstream, popular and widespread patterns among a society's population
What is pop culture?
200
The father of sociology
Who is Auguste Comte?
200
The theory that views society as a structure of interconnected parts that work collectively to meet society's needs
What is functionalism?
200
Beliefs, attitudes & ideas of a society. For example; religion
What is Non-Material Culture?
200
A type of subculture that rejects larger culture norms and values
What is counterculture?
300
The father of anthropology and was the first to recognize the existence of cultural universals
Who is George Murdock?
300
A theory that focuses on relationships amongst individuals within a society
What is Symbolic-Interactionism?
300
Developed by Auguste Comte, this is the scientific study of social patterns
What is positivism?
300
Opera is an example of
What is high culture?
400
Developed the hypothesis that believed reality is culturally determined and that any interpretation of reality is based on the society's language
Who is Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf?
400
The macro-level theory that sees society as a competition for limited resources
What is Conflict Theory?
400
The extension of symbolic interactionist theory which proposes the reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be
What is Constructivism?
500
The Chinese historian that first recognized social dynamics as an underlying component of historical development in his seminal encyclopedia
Who is Ma Tuan-Lin?
500
A wide-scale of the role of social structures within a society
What are macro-level theories?
500
The technique sociologists use in which they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance
What is dramaturgical analysis?
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