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Unit A Flashcards

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Sociological Imagination

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Auguste Comte

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Founder of Sociology, believed science could take over religion

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Harriet Martineau

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Founder of Sociological Sympathy, fought for equal rights and against oppression

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Sociological Sympathy

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The skill of understanding others as they understand themselves

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Social Facts

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Products of human interaction that have coercive or persuasive power (Laws, Customs, and Fashions)

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Three Theoretical Paradigms (Schools of thought)

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Structural Functionalist, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionist

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Structural Functionalism

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Societies are systems of necessary, synchronized parts that work together. Systems work together for the benefit of ALL members of society.

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Conflict Theory

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Societies are characterized by groups in conflict over control of wealth, power, and prestige. Powerful groups create a system that benefits themselves and punishes the powerless

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Symbolic Interactionalism

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Focuses on the way humans interpret symbols during the process of social interaction

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Public Sociology

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Standpoint Theory

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Our understanding of the world is shaped by our social position in society. (Religion, sexual orientation, gender, wealth-class, etc.)

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Social Patterns

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Karl Marx

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Ida Wells-Barnett

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Max Weber

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Marianne Weber

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Emile Durkheim

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Qualitative Research Methods

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Me

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Quantitative Research Methods

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Methods of inquiry examining numerical data

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Charlotte Perkins-Gillman

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Anna Julia Cooper

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Herbert Blumer

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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“The Philadelphia Negro.” Pioneered study of racial inequality in America by using quantitative research. Showed that social facts blocked opportunities for African-Americans.

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Macrosociology

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The patterns of arrangements in society

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Microsocology

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Intricate study of everyday interactions

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Signifier

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A thing that stands for another thing (emojis, thumbs up, etc.)

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