SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Microsociology, Anomie, Macrosociology
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Sociological theory: sociology, systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels; study them at the individual level and also in groups. It is happening so much people might look at it as acceptable. Disability: origins, theory- statements that explains why a phenomenon occurs. People rely on us for our jobs too: looked at social facts, demographics, race, sex, karl marx, capitalism. Capitalists- to him this is the upper class man (upper class) Petite bourgeoisie- small business owners; people in the middle (middle class) Proletariat masses of workers who depend on wages to live (lower class: class conflict: the haves and have nots. He predicted that there would be a revolution. Ex) thinking: value-free sociology-separating your own personal beliefs from what is factual and what is observed; judging people and their behavior, four main theories, functionalism. System of interdependent parts that work together to ensure survival: how the human body works (ex. , policemen, firemen, paramedics helping a society (ex. )
