Famous Sociologists
Credited as the founder of sociology
Who is Auguste Comte?
The language, beliefs, norms, values, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next
What is culture?
Theory in which society is viewed as something that is made up of symbols
What is symbolic interaction?
Groups based off of physical appearence
What is race?
This was the provocing act that was implemented into the colonies from the British that led to the Boston Tea Party
What was the Tea Act?
Sociologist/social reformer who studied, mostly, the relationships between African Americans and whites
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
A norm that is so strong that it bring people a sense of disgust when people violate it
What is taboo?
A theoretical system where society is made up of various parts that have to work together and contribute equally to work
What is functional analysis?
What is nationality?
The date that the United States declared independence from Britain
What is July 4th, 1776?
Considered the second founder of sociology and coinded the term "survival of the fittest"
Who is Herbert Spencer?
Expressions of approval or disaproval for someone upholding or violating norms
What are sanctions?
A theoretical framework where everyone is in groups and they are fighting for scarce resources
What is conflict theory?
The people who sell their labor to a higher class
What is the working class?
The man who killed John Pork
Who is Tim Cheese?
Sociologist that believed that the root of human misery lies in social classes and helped write the communist manifesto
Who is Karl Marx?
A group whose values, beliefs, and related behaviors place its members in opposition to the broader culture
What is a counterculture?
The idea that there are two control systems that work against our tendencies to deviate
What is control theory?
The wealthy who own the means of production and buy the labor from the lower class
What is the capitalist class?
The man whose figure was on the thermostat in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Sociologist who did a lot of his work on suicide and identified the term "social integration"
Who is Emile Durkheim?
The use of one's culture as a yard stick to judge other people's cultures
What is ethocentrism?
The ideas that people are given label and they change their behavior based on this said label
What is label theory?
The most desperate people of the working class
What is the marginal working class?
The college that NBA All Star Joe Johnson attended
What is the University of Arkansas?