SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Symbolic Interactionism, False Consciousness, Microsociology
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Terms: sociology is the study of society and how people/groups within society interact. C. wright mills is credited with this idea: macrosociology focuses on how big structures in sociology end up affecting individuals. Microsociology focuses on how individuals can affect the big structures of society: structural functionalism is the idea that society is comprised of different structures that each have a specific function. Conflict theory is marxism; there is eventual/inevitable class struggle due to inequality, eventually resulting in social change. Symbolic interactionism is the idea that meaning and society is constructed to face to face interactions between people: auguste comte is one of the first people to begin the study of sociology. He developed positivism: karl marx is essentially the creator of conflict theory. He thinks that capitalism is the general cause of the conflict between the proletariat (working class) and the bourgeoisie (rich owners of production).
