SOC 101 Final: That define individuals Origins of Sociology The scientific revolution Auguste Comte Positivism Anti-Positivism Quantitat

• School: Bishop's University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Barry Mc Clinchey

Document Summary

Achieved status: attributes developed throughout life as a result of effort and skill. (e. g. course grades. ) Actions: for talcott parsons, the result of an active an inventive process. Adaptation: the social system must be able to gather and distribute sufficient resources and adjust to changes in the environment. Alienation: marxist concept to describe the process by which workers lack connection to what they produce and become separated from themselves and other workers. Anomie: emile durkheim"s term for a state of normlessness that results from the lack of clear goals and may ultimately result in higher suicide rates. Anti-positivism: a theoretical approach that considers knowledge and understanding to be the result of human subjectivity. Ascribed status: attributes (advantages and disadvantages) assigned at birth (e. g. sex). Base: the material and economic foundation for society, made up of the forces of production and the relations of production. Behaviors: for talcott parsons, the almost mechanical responses to specific stimuli.