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10th Grade
04/24/2013

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C. Wright Mills
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came up with the idea of Social Imagination
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Emile Durkheim
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developed the first university sociology course
-society as independent parts maintain the system
- function of religion in maintaining social order
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Auguste Comte
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founded sociology as distinct subject
-focused on social change and social order
-practiced cerebral hygiene
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Max Weber
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-interested in separate groups within a society rather then the society as a whole
-Believed sociologists should go beyond studying what can be directly observed and attempt to uncover feelings and thoughts
-proposed verstehen
- came up with ideal type
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Herbert Spencer
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modeled his studies after the teachings of Charles Darwin and come up Social Darwinism
-society is a set of independent parts that work together to maintain the system over time
-believed that only the best aspects of society would survive overtime and that nothing would be done to fix social problems
-coined phrase survival of the fittest
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Jane Adams
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founder of Hull House, sociologist,author and leader in women suffrage and world peace
Combined the role of sociologist with that of social reformer. Was wealthy, but worked with the poor
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Karl Marx
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-believed the structure of society is influenced by how its economy is organized
- society divided into to 2 classes
-bourgeoisie (capitalists)
-proletariat (workers)
- believed imbalance of power would lead to conflict and would end when the workers overthrew the capitalists
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George Murdock
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examined hundreds of cultures in an attempt to determine what general traits are common to all cultures
- found that in all cultures the need for family is the same
examles: family, music religion etc.
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Margaret Mead
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Conducted research to find out if our temperment is based on what we learn or inherited characteristics or from cultural influences.
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Arapesh
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compassionate, loving,caring,kind,family oriented.
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Mundugumor
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hostile,aggressive,violent, scattered, not family oriented
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Robin M. Williams
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proposed original 12 values in society
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James M. Henslin
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suggested education,romantic love as additional values in society
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Christopher Lasch
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historian who considered narcissism to be a personality disorder.
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Daniel Yankelovich
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argued that narcissism indicated that Americans believed less in hard work than earlier generations
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Daniel Bell
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A sociologist who focused on the dangers of focusing on yourself. He felt this focus on self weakened the established values of work and moderation and did not have a place in a capitalist society.
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Ferdinand Tonnies
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Studied the differences between simple and complex societies
Introduced the ideas of Gemienschaft and Gesellschaft
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John B. Watson
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applied theory to humans, claiming if you take a group of infants you can make them anything you want
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The Ik
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Kingsley Davis
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Rene Spitz
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Argued that women, go through different stages of development of women. Noted their was a 2 factors that distinguish development from men and women. Women prioritize their marriage/family over career. Another is break in employment.
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John Locke
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Believed we are born with a clean slate or "tabula rasa" We can be molded into any type of character.
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Charles Horton Cooley
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One of the founders of the Interactionist Perspective
Developed the Primary Group &Looking Glass Theory. Said as a baby, we have no sense of person or place.
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Geogre Herbert Mead
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Another founder of theInteractive perspective. He came up with the theory, that we see ourself as others see us, but pretend to take the role of others.
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Daniel Levinson
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Psychologist who went to Yale University, and studied the life structure and development of men. Through his research he concluded their were only 3 eras of adulthood for men: Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, and Late Adulthood. Reffered to the first 3 periods of Early adulthood as the Novice Phase. Thought it would be the same the same for women.
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Irene Frieze
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Argued that women, go through different stages of development of women. Noted their was a 2 factors that distinguish development from men and women. Women prioritize their marriage/family over career. Another is break in employment.
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Ester Sales
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Argued that women, go through different stages of development of women. Noted their was a 2 factors that distinguish development from men and women. Women prioritize their marriage/family over career. Another is break in employment.
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