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The Three Theoretical Perspective
The FIRST Sociologists
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A theoretical perspective based on the teachings of Emile Durkheim and believing upon the idea that society is built upon a structure.
What is Functionalism?
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The first female sociologist.
Who is Harriet Martineau?
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Evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to one's own cultural norms
What is ethnocentrism?
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Elements within a society that determine the difference between the good and the bad.
What are Values?
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A theoretical perspective that believes that society is developed first through several stages and that society must have a social class.
What is Conflict Theory?
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A German philosopher who's ideas are one of the leading theories used in modern sociology.
Who is Karl Marx?
200
Patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies, as stated by George Murdock.
What are cultural universals?
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Through actions, sanctions and rewards.
How are values put into action?
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A theoretical perspective that focuses on the relationships between individuals in a community.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
300
The philosophy of Max Weber that teaches us to understand the social world.
What is anti-positivism?
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The belief that reality is culturally determined, and any interpretation of reality is based on society's language.
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
300
They uphold societal values.
What is the purpose of symbols?
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The lowest social class members in the Conflict Theory.
What is a Proletariat?
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He rejected Conte's philosophy and Marx's theory of class struggle and his support of communism?
Who is Herbert Spencer?
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A term sociologists use to refer to a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differ from the pattern of the larger society.
What is subculture?
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Started in US - predominately in hotspots such as the Williamsburg neighbourhood in New York City.
Where and when did the hipster culture begin?
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Micro-level - now, sociologists look at small local groups and individual reality.
What level of approach for post-modern sociology?
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His works are not credited in academic papers as much as other sociologists as he is often overshadowed by Emile Durkheim, George Mead and Max Weber.
Who is Georg Simmel?
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A subculture shares some values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the larger culture. When subcultural practices consciously challenge the values of a larger society, the subculture is a counterculture.
How are subcultures and countercultures related?