Chapter 1

Question 1

Sociology

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Systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels

Question 2

Sociological Imagination

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Intersection between individuals lives and larger social influences, or the connection between personal troubles and structural issues

Question 3

Micro-sociology

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concentrates on the relationships between individuals characteristics, small-scale patterns

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Macro-sociology

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Examines the relationships between institutional characteristics, large-scale patterns

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Theory

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Set of statements that explains why a phenomenon occurs, produces knowledge, guides research…etc

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Auguste Comte

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Father of Sociology, believed that sociology should be an empirical science

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Harriet Martineau

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Improved sociology by focusing on systematic data collection, advocated for social reforms and championed equality for women

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Emile Durkheim

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Saw society as characterized by unity and cohesion because its members are bound together by common interests and attitudes

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Social Facts

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Aspects of social life, external to the individual that can be measured

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Division of Labor

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Interdependence of different tasks and occupations, characteristics of industrialized societies. that produces social unity and facilitates change

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Empirical

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Information should be based on observation, experiments, or other data collection rather tan Ideology, intuition or conventional wisdom

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Social solidarity

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Social cohesiveness and harmony

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Karl Marx

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Economic issues produce divisiveness rather than social solidarity

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Class Conflict

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produces a society divided into the “haves” and the “have-nots”

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Alienation

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The feeling of separation from one’s group or society

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Capitalist

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economic system in which the ownership of the means of production is in private hands

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Max Weber

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Focused social organization and the interrelationship between economic, political, and cultural institutions

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Value-free

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sociology where the researcher separates her or his personal value, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from scientific research

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Jane Addams

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One of the founders of symbolic interactions in america and co-founded Hull House, won Noble peace prized

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Hull House

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One of the first settlements houses in Chicago that served as a community center for the poor

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W.E.B Du Bois

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examined the oppressive effects of race and class, first major black sociologist writing prolifically on race relations in the US

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Functionalism

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An approach that maintains that society is a complex system of interdependent parts that work together to ensure a society’s survives

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Dysfunctional

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social patterns that have a negative impact on a group or society

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Manifest Functions

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purposes and activities that are intended and recognized; they are present and clearly evident

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Latent Functions

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Unintended and unrecognized; they are present but not immediately obvious

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Conflict theory

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An approach that examines how and why groups disagree, struggle over power, and compete for scarce resources

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Feminist theory

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Approaches that examines and seek to explain the social, economic, and political inequality of women in society

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Micro-level perspective that examines individuals’ everyday behavior through the communication of knowledge, ideas, beliefs and attitudes