Social
Concepts
Concepts
Knowledge, values, and traditions shared by members is
What is culture?
The basic definition of Sociology is the:
What is the study of society and culture?
He is considered the "Father of Sociology"
Who was Auguste Comte?
Social issues, social problems, and tries to find solutions
What does Sociologist study?
People with a common culture living in a specific area:
What is a society?
When a sociologist does research to solve a social problem this is called
What is Applied research?
Developed Symbolic Interactionism
Who is George H. Mead?
is considered the person to start conflict theory
Who is Karl Marx?
This historical event was a cause for the study of society.
What is the French Revolution?
He opposed the “science of Eugenics”
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Patterns of social behavior, such as trends, fashion, or fad
What is sociological imagination
He became interested in studying society due to the French Revolution
Who is Auguste Comte?
Started the settlement house movement to help the poor
Who is Jane Addams?
Scientific procedures to study social change
What is Positivism?
Compared women’s role in America to slavery
Who is Harriet Martineau?
Society is compared to a smooth running machine
What is functionalism?
The rich people supported his theories, but it hurt the poor.
Who is Herbert Spencer or Social Darwinism?
He started the 2nd school of Sociology at the Univ. o f Atlanta?
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
The study of social order and stability, according to Comte.
What is Social Statics?
Knowledge comes from science, is most connected to the first Sociology book
What is Positivism?
A new philosophy that says humans have value, liberty and happiness came from this age.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
Pre-modern strong agreement on values and beliefs, tradition and family are important values.
What is mechanical solidarity?
Society is based on survival of the fittest
Who is Herbert Spencer?
Modern societal interdependence causing society to be very complex, this is describing:
What is Organic Solidarity?
These three events led to the development of sociology as a social science
What is the French Revolution, the Age of Enlightenment, the first industrial Revolution?