Flashcards in SA Deck (127)
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• Study of patterned and shared human behavior (Palispis, 2007)
Sociology
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social institutions, social groups, stratification, social mobility, bureaucracy , ethnic groups and relations; (family education, politics, religion and economy)
social organization
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human nature resulting from group life, social attitudes, collective behavior and personality formation (rally, mob,wake)
social psychology
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change in culture and social relations; social disruptions; adjustments with regards to group behavior; removing the main purpose for a social purpose, detaching from the actual experience (Ex. The use of smartphones)
social change and social disorganization
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nature and behavior of a given population and its relationship with other groups or with existing institutions
human ecology
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number, composition, changes and quality of a given population as they affect the economic, political and social systems
population/demography
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how principles and theories of group life may be applied and used for the regulation of man
sociological theory and method
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application of findings of sociological research in various aspects of social life.
applied sociology
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➢ Systematic investigation of behavior needed to improve society
➢ Father of Sociology
August Comte
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➢ Law of three stages: universal law at work in all sciences, stages of development of all knowledge about humanity
August Comte
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➢ Idea of Positivism (necessary for rebuilding a society on a rational basis)
August Comte
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➢ Published Positive philosophy (summarizes stages of development of all knowledge about humanity)
August Comte
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➢ Coined term “sociology”
August Comte
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➢ Applying scientific method to study of society and social relations
August Comte
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➢ German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary
➢ Wrote the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels
➢ Worked with Engels
Marx
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➢ Credited for being the founder of communism
Marx
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➢ No property, no hierarchy, no social discrimination (Criticism: people will always find a measure of social hierarchy)
Marx
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➢ Central tenet: Exploitation of the labor force (bottom of the worker hierarchy: GP, nurses, midwives)
Marx
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➢ All aspects of society are economically conditioned and controlled by capitalism
Marx
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➢ Society divided between two classes that clash in pursuit of interests
Marx
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• Works:
• The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism
• The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism
• Theory of Social and Economic Organization
• Politics as a Vocation – entity claiming monopoly on the legitimate use of violence
Max Weber
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• Studies traditional organization and formal organization (black and white and no gray area)
Max Weber
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To comprehend behavior, one must learn subjective meaning people attach to actions
Employ verstehen: understanding; insight
Ideal type: Construct for evaluating specific cases
Max Weber
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➢ Breakdown of traditional social organizations → anomie (condition of normlessness and loss of social control)
Emile Durkheim
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➢ Suicides
Emile Durkheim
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➢ Division of Labor in Society
Emile Durkheim
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➢ 1st French academic sociologist who obtained a doctorate degree in sociology
Emile Durkheim
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Proponent of the Functionalist Theory
Emile Durkheim
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➢ Individuals are more of a product that creator of society
Emile Durkheim
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