Sociology
The scientific study of human society and interactions
Sociology
Who is considered the “father” of sociology
Auguste Comte
Looking at society in a systematic way to identify patterns and connections
Sociological Perspective
What does DDSS stand for?
DuBois Diggs Sociological Society
What is another social science that focuses on society? Other than sociology.
anthropology, psychology, economics, political science, history
A large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations
Society
Before the changes that occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries, what type of societies were most people living in?
Agricultural
What is the social process by which individuals or groups are assigned different levels of status or power in society?
Social Stratification
The mission and purpose of DDSS shall be to encourage students to explore the worlds of ________________ and __________________
Sociology and Anthropology
method used to study and research issues in sociology
scientific method
Unscramble this word: ysolcoigo
Sociology
Because of a shift in society in the 1700s and 1800s, more factories started to grow and there was a shift from agricultural societies to ________________ societies
Industrial
What is the theory that argues that society competes for resources?
Bonus: Who was it developed by?
Conflict Theory
Karl Marx
Who is ”DuBois”? Who is “Diggs”?
W.E.B DuBois
Irene Diggs
experiments in sociology are usually designed to do one of two things; what are they?
make a correlation or determine a causation
Method used to come up with theories of human interaction and either prove or disprove their theories
Scientific method
Who wrote the communist manifesto?
Karl Marx
Theory developed by Max Weber; says that things are symbolic and have a greater meaning that just itself
Interactionist Theory/Symbolic Theory
Do we have a groupme?
Yes! Scan the QR code in the presentation
__________ is the type of research that collects numerical data while _________________ is geared towards finding opinions, underlying reasons and motivations
quantitative and qualitative
Sociologists try and make ________________ and __________________ from the data that they collect in their research
Relationships/connections
In the 19th century, land ownership was directly related to what?
Wealth
Theory developed by Emile Durkheim; each part of society works together to benefit the whole
The Functionalist Perspective
When was DDSS founded?
2008
educated guess
hypothesis