SY101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Critical Race Theory, Harriet Martineau, Symbolic Interactionism
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The scientific study of society and human behavior. The focus to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the creation of their perceived reality: wright mills (1916-1962) Difference between personal troubles and public issues of social structure. A social (rather than a natural) science. Private ownership of the means of production. It encourages the pursuit of personal profit. Public ownership of the means of production. Pursuit of collective goals: slogan from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs . Capitalism increased socialist policies (1960"s 1900s) Socialism increased market policies (1989 very important) Coined the term sociology the science of society: social order and progress, positivism, observe and classify social behavior to uncover social laws. Economic system determined the form of society. Social facts: patterns of behavior that characterize a social group, social cohesion. The division of labor in society (1893: pre-modern society mechanical solidarity, modern society organic solidarity.
