Social Sciences
This social science is the study of the the organization, administration, history, and theory of government.
What is political science?
Karl Marx described this ongoing struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
What is class conflict?
Power is an important concept in this theoretical perspective.
What is conflict theory?
This sociologist introduced Social Darwinism.
Who is Herbert Spencer?
Herbert Spencer used this as a metaphor for society.
What is the human body?
This social science investigates individual human mental and emotional processes.
What is psychology?
A social dependency based on a widespread agreement on values and beliefs coupled with a dependence on tradition and family.
What is mechanical solidarity?
Social action is an important concept in this theoretical perspective.
What is symbolic interactionism?
This sociologist saw government corruption as a primary factor in harming members of the lower classes.
Who is Jane Addams?
He believed that religion was like a drug that made people apathetic to class struggles and conflicts.
Who is Karl Marx?
This social science investigates cultures, beliefs, and material traits of ancient cultures.
What is anthropology?
According to Max Weber, when you mentally put yourself into the place of others, you are engaged in this.
What is verstehen?
This theoretical perspective emphasizes the contributions of each part of a society.
What is functionalism?
This sociologist described how we learn the meaning of symbols.
Who is Herbert Blumer?
This concept describes human interaction as akin to theater performances.
What is dramaturgy?
This social science examines the interaction between human populations and the places in which they live.
What is human geography?
This is the term for the study of social change.
What is social dynamics?
This type of function can be illustrated by the fact that attending high school can contribute to developing friendships.
What is a latent function?
He showed that human social behavior must be explained by social factors rather than psychological ones.
Who is Émile Durkheim?
This is the name for patterns of interaction among people in social relationships.
What is social structure?
This social science is the most closely related to sociology.
What is anthropology?
Auguste Comte coined the term sociology. He also coined this term, which is the belief that knowledge should come from scientific observation.
What is positivism?
This theoretical perspective is based on the importance of shared meanings of abstract concepts.
What is symbolic interactionism?
This mid-20th century sociologist focused on civil rights, discrimination, poverty, and public health along the Mexican-American border.
Who is Julian Samora?
This key concept of sociology is the way in which people's actions are coordinated with their environment.
What is social action?