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Sociology

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Study of human society and social behavior

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Social Sciences

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Studying human behavior, social behavior, and functions of human society in a scientific manner

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Social Interaction

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How people relate to one another and influence each other’s behavior

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Social Phenomena

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Facts or events that involve human society

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Anthropology

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Comparative study of past and present cultures

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Psychology

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Study of behavior and mental processes

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Social Psychology

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Study of how the social environment affects a persons behavior and personality

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Economics

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The choices people make to satisfy their needs and wants

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Political Science

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Examination of the principles, organization, and operation of government

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History

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Studies of people and events of the past

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Impacting Internet

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  • Help create new form of isolation

- Broadens horizons and access to new info

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Auguste Comte

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Founder of sociology, studied social change and social order

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Social Statics

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Processes that hold society together(education, family, economics)

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Social Dynamics

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Processes that cause societal change(war, elections, media)

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Harriet Martineau

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Published “Society In America”(marriage, family, race relations, education, religion)

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Herbert Spencer

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Society is a set of different parts that work together to maintain system
(influenced by Darwin)

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Karl Marx

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Society is in two classes

  • Bourgeoisie(capitalists)
  • Proletariat(workers)
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Emile Durkheim

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Society is a set of parts with each a specific function

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Suicide

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First sociological study

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Max Weber

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Separate groups within society, also the effect of society on individual

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Verstehen

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Attempt to understand the meanings individuals attach to their actions

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Ideal Type

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Description of essential characteristics of a feature of society

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Chicago School

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Group interactions and impact of society in individual development

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Jane Addams

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Hull House:offered welfare, educational and recreational services for poor

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W.E.B. DuBois

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“The Philadelphia Negro”, race was an issue that needed to be addressed in society

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Theories

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Explanations of the relationships among particular phenomena

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Theoretical Perspectives

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Set of assumptions about the nature of things

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Dysfunction

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Negative consequence an element has for the stability of our social system

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Manifest Function

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Intended and recognized consequence of some element of society

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Latent Function

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Unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society

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Symbolic Interaction

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How people use symbols when interacting

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Macrosociology

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Study of large-scale systems or society as a whole

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Microsociology

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Small-group settings and the face to face interactions among group members

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Globalization

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Development of economic, political, and social relationships that stretch worldwide

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Industrial Revolution

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  • Rural economy to large-scale production
  • Factory replaced home
  • Growth of cities
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Urban Population Growth

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  • high number of unemployment
  • housing shortages
  • crime and pollution increase
  • impersonal nature of city living