SOCL 2001 : Sociology 2001 Exam 1
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Sociology- the systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels. Low division of labor - ex: in a primitive community, if: everyone is specialized (assembly line) to increase production, ex: doctors, lawyers, petroleum engineers someone needed to make a boat, everyone would go make a boat. Macrosociology: study of large-scale patterns; society as a whole. August comte father of sociology : structural functionalism: how parts of society function together, conflict theory: how society is run by conflict and competition. Microsociology: patterns of individuals" social interaction in specific settings: symbolic interactionism: humans" ability to use symbols and language. Coined term sociologie or social physicks in 1854: theory of evolution of society (social dynamics) look at herbert, french philosopher. Believed there were rules governing how society works: if we learned these rules, we could fix whatever went wrong in. Spencer for more info. society: like specialized organs must function together, so must parts of.
