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Sociology
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The scientific study of society and human behavior
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Sociological Perspective
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Opens a window into unfamiliar worlds and offers a fresh look at familiar ones
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Sociological Mindfulness
aka? |
("sociological imagination") Opening the mind to new and different ideas
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Psychoscerlosis
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Mental condition that prevents deprives people the ability to accept new ideas
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Global Purpose for Sociology
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Changes that incorporate us into a global network
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Auguste Comte
Why sociology founded? |
Founder of sociology
french revolution |
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Herbert Spencer
social reform? |
Second founder, coined phrase "survival of the fittest"
no social reform |
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Karl Marx
reform? |
Said the root of human misery is social class
should reform |
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Emile Durkheim
(social integration) |
Human behavior studied by group interaction- suicide rates higher among people with weak community ties
*degree to which people are tied to their social group |
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Max Weber
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Religion is the central force in social change
"grasp by insight"- best interpreter of human behavior is someone who has been there |
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Jane Adams
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Founded the Hull House- one of first women studying sociology
wanted social reform |
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WEB Dubois
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First black man to get pHD from Harvard
founded NAACP |
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Harriet Martineau
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Hid writings under sewing when she had visitors, mainly known for converting Comte's ideas from german to english
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C. Wright Mills
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Encouraged social reform (encouraged people to get back to it)
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Culture
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Patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving- also includes material objects passed down from previous generations
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