SOCI 2013 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nicotine, Theism, Animism
30 Oct 2014
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A: sociology-systematic study of human society and social interaction, commonsense knowledge-guides everyday conduct/guides social behavior, myth-popular, but inaccurate explanation of conduct origins (may be used to perpetuate social action) B: sociological imagination-the link between personal experience and social context, personal troubles-private, actors, networks, public issues-affect large numbers. Early thinkers: august comte- founder of sociology , positivism=world can be best understood through science, herbert spencer-evolutionary perspective of social order & change. Differing views: karl marx-viewed history as a clash between conflicting ideas and forces. Class conflict produces social change and better society: max weber-sociology research should exclude personal values and economic interests. Bureaucracy, rationalization, and religion: george simmel-society is a web of patterned interactions among people. Social interactions vary depending on the size of the group. D: functionalism=assumes stability, order, consensus, interrelated parts. Manifest/latent functions: conflict=groups continuously struggle for resource control, symbolic interaction=society is the sum of interactions of people and groups.
