SY101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Auguste Comte, Cultural Lag, Symbolic Interactionism
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Sociological perspective- an approach to understanding human behaviour that entails placing it within its broader social context. Sociological imagination- c. wright mills" ter(cid:373) for a so(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al (cid:448)isio(cid:374)- a way of looking at the world that allows links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. Macrosociology- analysis of social life focusing on broad features of social structure, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one another; an approach usually used by functionalist and conflict theorists. Microsociology- analysis of social life focusing on social interaction; an approach usually used by symbolic interactionists. Positivism- the application of the scientific approach to the social world (auguste comte) Spirit of capitalism- we(cid:271)er"s ter(cid:373) for the desire to a(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:373)ulate (cid:272)apital as a duty-not to spend it, but as an end in itself- and to constantly invest it. Verstehen- a german word used by weber- (cid:862)to ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)sight i(cid:374)to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s situatio(cid:374)(cid:863)
