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| perspective | particular point of view |
| sociology | scientific study of social structure |
| social structure | patterned interaction of people in social relationships |
| sociological perspective | perspective which focuses on groups not individuals |
| sociological imagination | the ability of individuals to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in society |
| conventional (social) wisdom | common beliefs or ideas that most people hold true |
| bourgeoisie | class owning the means for producing wealth |
| capitalist | one who owns the means for producing wealth |
| class conflict | ongoing struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat |
| mechanical solidarity | social dependency based on a broad consensus of values and beliefs, conformity, and tradition |
| organic solidarity | social interdependency based on a high degree of specialization |
| positivism | belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation |
| rationalization | mindset emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning |
| proletariat | the working class |
| Social Darwinism | theory that societies evolve naturally into the fittest form |
| social dynamics | the study of social change |
| social statics | the study of social stability and order |
| verstehen | understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the place of others |
| conflict perspective | emphasizes the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society |
| dramaturgy | depicts human interaction as theatrical performances |
| dysfunction | negative consequence of an aspect of society |
| functionalism | emphasized the contributions made by each part of society |
| latent functions | unintended and unrecognized consequences |
| manifest functions | intended nad recognizerd consequences |
| power | ability to control the behavior of others |
| symbol | anything that stands for something else and has an agreed upon meaning attached to it |
| symbolic interactionism | focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols |
| theoretical perspective | a set of assumptions accepted as true |
| Jane Addams | American Social Reformer; founded Hull House in Chicago |
| W.E.B.DuBois | American who led the Pan-African movement |
| Max Weber | German sociologist; responsible for the idea of rationalization and verstehen |
| Emile Durkheim | French: said society exists because of agreement among its members |
| Karl Marx | thought social scientists should try to change the world not just study it |
| Harriet Martineau | English sociologist; introduced feminism |
| C. Wright Mills | American sociologist; introduced sociological imagination |
| Herbert Spencer | English sociologist; introduced Social Darwinism |
