Quiz 1 Flashcards
Herbert Spencer
“survival of the fittest”
WEB Dubois
~first African american to earn a PHD at Harvard
~National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Micro Vs Macro
Micro is small, macro is large
3 main sociology perspective
1) Functionalism
2) Functional Analysis
3) Structural Functionalism
3 main sociology perspective
1) Functionalism
2) Functional Analysis
3) Structural Functionalism
Robert K Merton
disagreed with organism analogy
(RKM) dysfunctions
harmful consequences of peoples actions
(RKM) functions
beneficial consequences of peoples actions
(RMK) manifest functions
functions intended to help the system
(RMK) latent functions
the unintended consequences that help the system
(RMK) latent dysfunction
unintended consequences that hurt the system
validity
measure that measures what its intended to
reliability
gets the same results repeatedly
applied sociology
the use of sociology to solve problems
basic sociology
research, no change