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Sociology
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The scientific study of human behavior as it is shaped by groups
Comte said: "the study of society"
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What is empirical data?
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Can be sensed by 5 senses
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What is the Sociological Perspective?
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Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context
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Whe sociological perspective emphasizes how the social ocntext influences people's lives, particularly how people are influenced by...
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Society
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Social Location
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The group memberships that people have bc of their location in history and society
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What did Peter Berger say about the sociological perspective?
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The seeing the general in particular
(general patterns of behavior in people)
We see ourselves as "independent" and as "free thinkers"
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What is generalization?
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A statement that goes beyond the indiviual case and is applied to a broader group or situation
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Who is Auguste Comte?
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Creditied as founder of sociology
purpose=discover social priciples and apply them to social reform
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What is positivism?
What did Comte propose?
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A scientific approach to knowledge based on "positive" facts on the social world as opposed to mere speculation
Comte proposed that the scientific method ould be applied to the study of social life
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What are the goals of scientific discipline?
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1. Explain why something happens
2. Make generalizations
3. Predict
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The ideal of Objectivity...
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"personal neutrality"
To allow facts to speak for themselves and not be influenced by the researcher's personal values and biases
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What was Weber's concept of Verstehen?
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Verstehen=understanding
Weber said to interpret human behavior is to understand the feelings and motivations of people being studied.
insight is gained
-observe what people do
-share in thier world of meaning
-appreciate why they act as they do
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Who was the social thinker of the 19th century who predicted that there would be a classless society once the working class united and began a revolution was..
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Emile Durkheim
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Durkheim identified social integration
What is social integration?
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The degree to which members of a group or a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds
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What is basic or pure sociology?
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Sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
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