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This idea believes that society is a giant competition for resources and wealth
What is Conflict Theory?
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A group's shared practices, values, and beliefs
What is Culture?
100
This person was the inventor of the idea of Communism, and also Conflict Theory
Who is Karl Marx?
100
A proposed explanation about social interactions or society
What is (a) theory?
100
This idea believes that once someone better learns about society, they should use that knowledge to make society better.
What is Positivism?
200
The idea that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values
What is Antipositivism?
200
A German word that means to understand in a deep way.
What is verstehen?
200
This frenchman is considered the first modern Father of Sociology. Lived 1798-1857.
Who is Auguste Comte?
200
Bob thinks smoke is unhealthy; he creates a theory that if rats are subjected to smoke for different periods of time, they will get sick. This is an example of what?
What is a hypothesis?
200
This person is considered the very first sociologist. They lived in Tunisia, and wrote about economies, social conflict, social cohesion, etc.
Who is Ibn Khaldun?
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This a theoretical approach that sees society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to work together, much like a body
What is (Structural) Functionalism?
300
The systematic study of society and social interaction
What is Sociology?
300
This man was famous for inventing the philosophy of antipositivism; he was a German professor.
Who is Max Weber?
300
A human body is often used as an analogy for this theory
What is (Structural) Functionalism?
300
These are philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
What is a paradigm?
400
These are attempts to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change
What are Grand Theories?
400
These are unintended consequences of differing social processes.
What are latent functions?
400
This frenchman believed that "social facts" could help people learn about sociology. He studied suicide and the effects of religion on it.
Who is Emile Durkheim?
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If you love books, a sociologist who subscribes to this theory would look at how you might have learned to love books as a child, while reading with your family, etc., and the associations you might have made with books, etc. What theory is it?
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
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These are the social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
What is Social Solidarity?
500
A theoretical perspective through which scholars examine the relationship of individuals within their society by studying their communication (language and symbols)
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
500
The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior
What is Figuration
500
This person was a "first"; they translated several sociological works into English; studied economics, social classes, religion, suicide, etc.
Who is Harriet Martineau?
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This was one of the Big Three theores, and was most studied just after WWII until the 1970s. However, it was criticized for not explaining well the rapid social changes occurring at that later period.
What is Functionalism?
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Those who practice social patterns that do not conform to societal norms.
What is a deviant?