Sociology Chapter 1

Scient that studdies human society and social behavior- social interaction- how people relate to each other and influence each other.

Social context in which people live and how that context influences a person's life. Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context.

Founder father of Sociology.

• -Social Static
• -Social Dynamic

Things in society that do NOT change overtime.

Ex: Government

Things that DO change overtime.

Ex: Civil rights, technology

The first feminist sociologist.

Said women were oppressed because they had no economic power.

Coined the term "survival of the fittest"

Social Darwinism.

Conflict between the have and have nots.

Bourgeoisie "haves"

Proletariat "have nots"

Own the means of production. "haves"

Own their own labor. "have nots"

Society exists because of consensus (agreement) to follow the rules to keep society stable.

Mechanical Solidarity

Organic Solidarity

Social pressure for conformity, family tradition

(Rural/ agricultural areas)

Everyone is dependent on everyone else and everyone works together.

(Urban cities)

Verstehen (empathy)

Being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes. (empathy)

Max Weber

First Social Worker

Founded Hull House in Chicago

Started NAACP

Power Elite

Top leaders in business, politics, and the military are a threat to freedom. -Should be weary of them taking away our civil rights.

C. Wright Mills

Symbolic Interactionism

Functionalist

Conflict

Society is a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system.

Study a division of work in family- functions served by education.

Herbert Spencer/ Emile Durkheim

Conflict in society arises over competition for scarce resources and social change is an inevitable feature  of society.

Karl Marx

Individuals attach meaning to their own actions and to the actions of others through the use of symbols.

Studies how people interact with one another in society.

Study child development, relationships within groups, and mate selection.

Max Webber