Sociology 100 Exam 1 /
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founder of sociology
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social institution the organized, usual, or standard ways by which society
meets its basic needs
, Auguste Comte founder of sociology
Harriet Martineau translated Comte's book; made original contributions in
research methods, political economy, and feminist theory
Karl Marx This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic
socialism that said that two classes have always battled
against each other to form another class that will battle
against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class
working with
each other for each other
Max Weber German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in
sociology (1864-1920)
Anomie personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of
social control and regulation
positivist sociology a strain within sociology that believes the social world can
be described and predicted by certain describable
relationships
WEB Dubois He believed that African Americans should strive for full rights
immediately. He helped found the Niagara Movement in 1905
to fight for equal rights. He also helped found the NAACP.
double consciousness The division of an individual's identity into two or more social
realities
functionalism the theory that various social institutions and processes
in society exist to serve some important function to
keep society running
The idea that conflict between competing interests is the
conflict theory basic, animating force of social change and society in
general
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founder of sociology
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1 ethnocentrism Auguste Comte
3 double consciousness 4 positivist sociology
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Terms in this set (40)
social institution the organized, usual, or standard ways by which society
meets its basic needs
, Auguste Comte founder of sociology
Harriet Martineau translated Comte's book; made original contributions in
research methods, political economy, and feminist theory
Karl Marx This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic
socialism that said that two classes have always battled
against each other to form another class that will battle
against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class
working with
each other for each other
Max Weber German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in
sociology (1864-1920)
Anomie personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of
social control and regulation
positivist sociology a strain within sociology that believes the social world can
be described and predicted by certain describable
relationships
WEB Dubois He believed that African Americans should strive for full rights
immediately. He helped found the Niagara Movement in 1905
to fight for equal rights. He also helped found the NAACP.
double consciousness The division of an individual's identity into two or more social
realities
functionalism the theory that various social institutions and processes
in society exist to serve some important function to
keep society running
The idea that conflict between competing interests is the
conflict theory basic, animating force of social change and society in
general
