Sociology Midterm Exam

The study of human socitey 

Ability to connect the most basic intimate aspects of an individuals life to seemlinglu impersonal and remot historical forces

Group of social positions connected by social relations performing a social role any institution in a society that works to socialize the group or ppl within

Individuals define themselves in relationsjop to groups wth which they affiliate

Positivism arose out of need to make sense of the social order in a time of declining religous authorityStages-theological stagemetaphysical stage:why things are the way they are -scientific stagewe can convience we could understand how social institutions work 

Transle comte to englishway we educate kidsto government

Marxist conflict theoryhistorical materialism: conflict between classes drove social change throughout historycommunism

Belief marx went 2 fare to coin it just a cause and affect-religon also laid the ground workverstehen: social world through experience

Study of social meaning

Division of labor: degree to which jobs are specialized positivist sociology: strain within socioloy that believes the social world can be described and predicted relationships

Sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable;to little social regulation

Adams: hull house link ideas of university to the poor through full service examsblack and anomie

Various social instituation and processes in society exis to serve some important fuction to keep socoety running

Conflict promotes change

Equality between men and women challenging conventional wisdom