Definitions
A complex group that perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time.
Focuses on historical subjects. Combines biology and cultural sociology.
Anthropology
Developed sociological imagination.
Comte
Conflict between competing interests is the basis of sociology (macrosociology).
Conflict theory
Formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses based on observation.
Scientific Method
Observable relationships predict the social world.
Positivist Sociology
This category leans toward unique case explanations and intellectual concepts. Comparative frameworks are usually noted.
History
Valued authority, rationality, the state, and status. Writer of "Economy and Society."
Max Weber
Questions how face to face interactions create the social world (microsociology).
Symbolic Interactionist Theory
Generalized model of how an aspect of the world works. Notices relationships between facts.
Someone somewhere for the sake of learning.
Auditor
Explains phenomena that once would have seemed like the exclusive domination of social scientists. Social differences medicalized.
Biology
Introduced an alternative to capitalism and historical materialism.
Karl Marx
Questions the progress of history and believes in social constructions.
Postmodernism
Investigating answers.
Research Methods
Social institutions exist to serve an important function in society.
Functionalism
Social dynamics at a higher level of analysis.
Ex: Immigration policies.
Macrosociology
Believed that the division of labor determines social solidarity.
Émile Durkheim
Predicts how social institutions function.
Midrange Theory
Numeric data.
Quantitative
Categories that we belong to that helps us understand your place in society.
Social Location
Local interactive contexts.
Ex: Why do we stare at elevator buttons instead of making contexts?
Microsociology
Translated Comte to English and wrote "Society in America" and "How to Observe Morals and Manners."
Harriet Martineau
Shared ideas of Marxism and states that society subordinates women.
Feminist Theory
Observational data.
Qualitative