SOCL 2001 : Cheat Sheet For Exam 1
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Chapter 1: sociology is the scientific study of social relationships, social institutions, and society. Each social science attempts to accumulate a body of knowledge about a particular aspect of society and the social world: economics (production of goods and services) political science (deals with power, governments, and political processes) History, anthropology (deals with the social and physical aspects of both primitive and contemporary cultures) 5 theorists who had an especially important influence on the development of sociology are comte, spencer, marx, durkheim, and weber: auguste comte is credited with being the father of sociology. First called it social physics because of belief that society must be studied in the same manner as the natural sciences. Believed that human progress evolved through 3 stages: theological, metaphysical, and, scientific: karl marx one of the most radical thinkers of his time made major contributions to our understanding of social conflict.
