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The sociological perspective
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Stresses the social contexts in which people live and how it influences their lives...
Functionalist
Conflict
Symbolic Interactionist
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Society
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A group of people who share a culture and a territory
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Social location
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Corners in life that people occupy because of where they are located in society
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Functionalist
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Interested in how society functions
thinks of society as a human body and how everything works together
(Macro-study)
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Conflict Theorist
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Inequality of any kind is a problem. people are in competition for scarce resources
(Macro-study)
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Symbolic Interactionist
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Interested in social norms. society is nothing more than the sum of interactions
(Micro-study)
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Positivism
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Idea of applying scientific method to the social world.
proposed by Auguste Comte
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Auguste Comte
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Proposed positivism.
also asked "What creates social order instead of chaos?"
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Herbert Spencer
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Believed that societies evolved from lower (barbaric) to higher (civilized) forms
'Survival of the Fittest'
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Karl Marx
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Believed engine of human history is class conflict between bourgeoisie and the proletariat classes
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Emile Durkheim
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Goal was to get sociology recognized as a separate discipline.
believed in social integration
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Social integration
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The degree to which people are tied to their social group
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Max Weber
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Believed/theorized that religion is central force in social change
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Rapport
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A feeling of trust that is essential for honest answers in interviews.
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Random sample
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A sample in which everyone in the target population has the same chance of being included in the study
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