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| A particular point of view | perspective |
| What determines our perspective? | our attitudes and beliefs |
| This is the scientific study of social structure. | Sociology |
| A view that looks at behavior of groups, not individuals. | Sociological Perspective |
| A branch of learning that deals with human society. | Social Science |
| What disciplines are included in social science? | Sociology, Antrhopology, Psychology, Economics, Political Science, and History |
| Do sociologists focus on the behavior of individuals or the behaviors of groups? | Behavior of groups |
| This is the patterned interaction of people in social relationships. | Social Structure |
| Do people sometimes act differently when they are in a group than when they are alone? | yes |
| Why does conformity occur within a group? | Members have been taught to value the group's ways. |
| These are ideas people assume are true. | Conventional Social Wisdom |
| He is considered the father of sociology. | Auguste Comte |
| He coined the term sociology. | Auguste Comte |
| the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation. | positivism |
| The study of social stability and order. | Social Statics |
| The study of social change. | Social dynamics |
| Who coined the terms positivism, social statics, and social dynamics? | Auguste Comte |
| Who wrote Society in America? | Harriet Martineau |
| This sociologist was a pioneering feminist theorist. | Harriet Martineau |
| She said women's lack of economic power helped keep them dependent. | Harriet Martineau |
| He said society was composed of parts working together to promote well being and survival. | Herbert Spencer |
| He opposed social change because it would interfere with the natural selection of Social Darwinism. | Herbert Spencer |
| He believed that society had two classes. | Karl Marx |
| The class owning the means for producing wealth. | bourgeoisie |
| Person who owns or controls the means for producing wealth. | Capitalist |
| Working class, those who labor for the bourgeoisie. | Proletarieat |
| The ongoing struggle between the buourgeoisie (owners) and the proletarieat (working) classes. | class conflict |
| What sociologist used ther terms bourgeoisie and proletarieat? | Karl Marx |
| Sociologist who said society exists because of a broad consensus or agreement, among members of society. | Emile Durkheim |
| Social dependence based on a widespread consensus of values and beliefs, encoreced conformity, and dependence on tradition and family. | Mechanical solidarity |
| Social interdependency based on a high degree of specialization in roles. | Organic solidarity |
| According to Emile Durkheim, was pre-industrial society based on mechanical or organic solidarity? | mechanical solidarity |
| He had the single most imporant influence on the development of sociological theory. | Max Weber |
| Says the best way to understand people is by putting yourself in their place. | Verstehn |
| the mind-set emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning. | rationalization |
| She was a co-founder of the Hull House in Chicago. | Jane Adams |
| She was the only sociologist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. | Jane Adams |
| she focused on problems caused by imbalance of power among social classes and really focused on helping the poor. | Jane Adams |
| He was the founder of the NAACP. | W.E.B. Dubois |
| He focused on the question of race inside and outside the U.S. | W.E.B. Dubois |
| A set of assumptions accepted as true. | Theoretical Perspective |
| Approach to sociology that emphasized the contributions made by each part of society. | Functionalism |
| This theory says a change in one part of society leads to change in the other parts. | Functionalism |
| The intended and recognized consequence of an aspect of society. | Manifest Function |
| Unintended and unrecognized consequences of an aspect of society. | Latent Function |
| Negative consequences of an aspect of society. | Dysfunction |
| Sociological approach that emphasizes the role of conflict, competition, and constrint within a society. | Conflict perspective |
| The ability to control the behavior of others. | Power |
| Which perspective of sociology says whoever has the power has the ability to control the behavior of others. | Conflict Theory |
| Anything that stands for something else andhas an agreed upon meaning attached to it. | Symbol |
| Approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols. | Symbolic Interaction |
| How do we learn the meaning of a symbol? | The way others react to it. |
| Approach that depicts human interaction as theatrical performances. | dramaturgy |
