LSCC - SYG 2000 (Chapter 1) - INTRODUCTION
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#01 Q
The cycle of inquiry:
1) Observation
2) Generalization
3) Explanation
4) Prediction -
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The SCIENTIFIC METHOD -
#02 Q
The tendency for people being studied to react to the researcher (or the fact of being studied) -
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REACTIVITY -
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Complications that Social Sciences encounter that Natural Sciences do not (list 3) -
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1) REACTIVITY
2) Relationships change over time
3) Relationships vary from place to place -
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C. Wright Mills referred to insights toward society that is gained through sociology -
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The SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION -
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The way in which sociology is different from most other social sciences -
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Scale; its empahsis on societies and groups within the society rather than on individuals -
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1st person to use the term "sociology" -
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Auguste Comte -
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What Comte called the forces that societies contain for conflict and change -
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SOCIAL DYNAMICS -
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What Comte called the social forces that bring stability and cooperation -
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SOCIAL STATICS -
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Weber believed this to be the cornerstone of modern economic & political systems -
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RATIONALIZATION -
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Emile Durkheim was first to study a large-scale social theory about this subject -
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Suicide (in Europe) -
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This was the 1st U.S. university to have a department of Sociology (established in 1893) -
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University of Chicago -
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An important change in U.S. sociology during the 1940's and 1950's -
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Changed from activism (advocating change) to "VALUE-NEUTRAL" -
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The best way to characterize sociology during the 1970's through the 1990's in the U.S. -
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A combination of FUNCTIONALISM, CONFLICT, and INTERACTIONISM -
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Marx used this term to describe the OWNERS of the means of production -
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BOURGEOISIE -
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Marx used this term to describe those who were exploited -
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PROLETARIAT -
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Weber used this term to describe the model of choice that is based upon who and what works best in achieving goals -
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RATIONALIZATION -
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The theories of both Karl Marx and Max Weber -
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Focused on the forces for alienation brought about by the Industrial Revolution