Sociology 1020 Study Guide - Auguste Comte, Scientific Revolution, Symbolic Interactionism
16 Nov 2012
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Positive and negative, spurious relationships between variables. 3 tools used by early humans (survival kits) Evolutionary psychologists 3 step argument of human behaviour and social arrangements. Chapter 1 (3) types of social structures: microstructures: patterns of intimate social relations, formed during face to face interactions, friends, family ect. It involved the large scale application of science and technology to the industrial process, the creation of factories and the formation of the working class. Comte coined the term in sociology in 1838, tried to place the study of society on scientific foundations, a conservative thinker, motivated by strong opposition to rapid change in french society. He urged slow change and the preservation of tradition in social life. His scientific methods and vision of ideal society were evident in the sociology at its origins. The second founder of sociology, spencer believed that societies evolve the same way biological species do (inspired by darwin).
