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Described society as two groups: the bourgeoise and the proletariat

Karl Marx

100

Bullying teaches children how to deal with conflict

Functionalism

100

Refer to societies with little or no social change over time and rigid adherence to norms

Social Statics

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He is considered the father of Sociology. Advocated for positivism in its study

Auguste Comte

100

A 5-point scale used for collecting survey data

Likert Scale

200

Canadian sociologist who popularized Feminist Standpoint Theory

Dorothy Smith

200

There's two kinds of people in the world, powerful and weak

Conflict Theory

200

According to Karl Marx, this is the working class

Proletariat

200

Published the first sociological study, on suicide

Emile Durkheim

200

Social-Psychologist who devised the Conformity Experiment

Solomon Asch

300

He championed "social Darwinism"

Herbert Spencer

300

Criminal parents are going to raise criminal kids

Symbolic interactionsm

300

This refers to the functions that are not the intended functions of an institution, but important functions nevertheless

Latent functions

300

He developed the idea of verstehen

Max Weber

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Refers to concepts such as informed consent and do no harm in experimentation with human subjects

Ethics

400

Believed that society was the result of consensus between members of a group

Emile Durkheim

400

Change in society is usually just movement back and forth from a general equilibrium

Functionalism

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Max Weber used this term to describe understanding another's point of view and experiences

Verstehen

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Was interested in Social Statics and Social Dynamics

Auguste Comte

400

Aspect of an experiment that is measured and studied, impacted by the independent variable

Dependent Variable

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Discussed the idea of race being a social construct

W.E.B. Du Bois

500
The status quo will be upheld by the majority for whom it will benefit.

Conflict Theory

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Emile Durkheim used this term to refer to societies that achieve consensus through strict adherence to tradition, broad agreement on vales/beliefs and the sharing of labour

Mechanical Solidarity

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He considered himself more of a philosopher and economist but his ideas are central to sociology, particularly conflict theory perspective.

Karl Marx

500

A type of naturalistic observation where the researcher surreptitiously becomes part of the group being studied 

Participant Observatio