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Ch 1
Understanding Sociology
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
02/19/2011

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sociology
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-the scientific study of social behavior and human groups
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social imagination
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-an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society
-C. Wright Mills
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Comte
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father of sociology
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Spencer
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social darwinism
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Durkheim
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anomie
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Weber
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verstehen (understanding)
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Marx
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alienation
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DuBois
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double consciousness (division of an individuals id into two or more social realities)
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Merton
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deviance and crime
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Bourdieu
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social and cultural capital
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functionalism
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-society as a living organism
-emphasized ways in which parts of society are structured to maintain stability
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mainfest functions
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outwardly stated
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conflict theory
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-competition btw groups
-marxism, feminism
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symbolic interactionism
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generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole
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dramaturgy
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people seen as theatrical performers
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applied sociology
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the use of sociology with the intent to use practical applications
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clinical sociology
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dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships/reconstructing social institutions
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pure sociology
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sociology as an academic discipline and science
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anomie
Definition
loss of direction felt in society when social control of individual behavior becomes ineffective
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