Sociology

A systematic study of human behavior with emphasis on groups.

Founder of sociology. Coined the term “sociology”

Why does society stay the same (stagnant)

Why does society change so rapidly

1st to translate Comtes work from French to English. Observed treatment of woman and children

Born a slave at the end of the Civil War. Talks about lynching in the South

2nd founder of sociology

survival of the fittest. Poor are destined to be used; use them

Looks at class struggle; lived through the Industrial Revolution & wrote about working class. Co-author of Communist Manifesto (1848). Alienation of labor: how workers felt about their jobs

1st black man to receive PhD. Study Philadelphia Negro; study African Americans. “Talented 10th”: Concept 10% of Africans Americans could
succeed

French sociologist;teacher. Study on “suicide."

Degree to which you have social ties to other people; more social integration (more people you are connected) lower rate of suicide

State of confusion. Tired, life full of problems

Situation where you can't make your own decisions

Socially tired with an individual & you can't be without

Doing the exact kind of suicide

Says religion causes society to change

Concept of insight or understanding.

Wrote "patterns of culture." Socal psychology

Interested in "gender." Whether you're born that way or it is learned

Allows us to see the world in another perspective