midterm 1 - people Flashcards
people (23 cards)
August Comte
father of sociology - believed that a systematic study of human behavior could improve society as a whole
Harriet Martineau
translated Comte’s work into French and added her own ideas. one was that scholars should use their studies to improve society instead of just observing it
Herbert Spencer Mead
believed it was more important to understand society instead of “improving” it; applied concept of evolution to society; “the I and the Me”
W.E.B. Du Bois
key founder of American sociology and examined racism as a structural constraint; double consciousness
Harold Innis
studied political economy and examined relationships between: individuals & society and markets & state
John Porter
examined equality based on social class and ethnicity. wrote the vertical mosaic which studied the relationship of race, gender, and social inequalities in Canada
Jim Curtis
studied religion, social inequality, gender, aging, and social values
Xiaobei Chen
studies Canada and China in both national and transnational contexts –> citizenship, governance identity, and cultural politics
Afua Cooper
African Canadian and black youth studies; intersectionality
Abdie kazempiur
studies the socioeconomic experiences of immigrants and sociocultural developments in the middle east
bruce ravelli
applied sociology and community engaged learning
Talcott Parsons
society leans towards equilibrium; if one part of society changes, the other will adjust to maintain social stability
robert merton
manifest functions, latent functions, and dysfuntion
Emile Durkheim
studied how rapid social changes affect social stability and as societies grow more complex, people have fewer commonalities
Erving Goffman
front and back stage interactions
Franz Fanon
promoted resistance of french colonialism in algeria – argued that colonized had the right to use violence to gain independence
kimberele williams crenshaw
a womans experience of oppression is unique to her particular circumstances
dorothy smith
most famous canadian feminist and introduced standpoint theory
bell hooks
anti-racist feminist – believed that both race and gender affect a women’s destiny
symbolic interactionism - george herbert mead
children develop sense of self in 3 stages:
preparatory, play, and game
symbolic interactionism - charles horton cooley
looking glass self; imagine how we appear to others, use our interpretation of what others think to help us form our self concept
psychological approaches - sigmund freud
identified 3 elemens of personality: id, ego, and superego (ego balances id and superego)
psychological approaches - jean piaget
cognitive development has 4 stages:
1. sensorimotor
2. preoperational
3. concrete operational
4. formal operational
