Sociology chapter 1

Sociological Perspective

Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context.
Society

People who share a culture and a territory
Social location

The group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society
C Wright Mills famous for...
- The Quote: "Sociological perspective enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography"
- History meaning - each society located in a broad stream of events.
- Biography meaning - Our experiences.
Class Conflict

Marx's term for the struggle between capitalists and workers
Scientific Method

The use of objective systematic observations to test theories
Positivism

The application of the scientific approach to the social world
Sociology

The scientific study of society and human behavior
Burgeoisie

Marx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of production.
Who Created positivism?

Auguste Comte
Who coined the term "Sociology" and is considered the founder of the discipline?

Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte stressed that the _________ should be used but never ________ it.
- scientific method
- applied
Who is considered the 2nd founder of sociology?

Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer believed that sociology should not _______ social reform.

guide
Who believed that sociology should not guide social reform?

Herbert Spencer

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