Intro to Sociology Basic Terms

Sociology basics for my intro to sociology course at college

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Sociology Definition?
Systemic study of human society
Sociological Perspective Definition
Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context
Sociologcal imagination stuff?
"enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography"
C. Wright Mills
"Sociological Imagination is a tool to study our world"-The point of Sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and the society in which they live
Private Troubles
Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others
Public Issues
Have to do with matters that transcend the local environments of the individual they have to do with the organization of many institutions and organizations, and the way that society is structured
Social Structure
The organization of society that shapes the individual social behavior, groups choices, opportunities, experiences, and social attitudes
Positivism
The viewpoint that is possible to know for sure by subjection them to empirical testing and demonstrating the cause and effect at work
Theory
General statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work
Karl Marx
-Engine of human history is class conflict--bourgeoisie vs proletariat"It's all about the economy"
Max Weber
-Capitalism was more likely to flourish in Protestant countries"social life is complex"
Emile Durkheim
"It's all about the solidarity"how society holds together through dramatic changes in the division of labor-identified social integration, worked on suicide
Jane Addams
Founded Hull House (community center for poor)regarded as a social worker
W.E.B Dubois
-analyzed the social stratification among Philly's black population- worked on civil rights
Robert Park
Founded Chicago School- school for sociologists