define sociological perspective
focuses on people at a social level
define social dynamics
examining social change
example of symbols
when an athlete holds a clenched fist over her head after scoring a point
define organic solidarity
most people have highly specialized roles
example of group conformity
when all members of the tennis team wear white clothing to competitions
according to Karl Marx what would a communistic society be like?
be classless
define dramaturgy
all the world's stage and all the men and women merely players
example of manifest function
using email has made it fast, easy and inexpensive for families to keep in touch
example of latent function
using email has decrease the number of hand written letters that people send to their friends
example of perspective
mom wanting you to cook dinner every Wednesday, you feel that it takes too long and its cuts into after school activities
example of power
the state requiring all young people to attend school until they are 16
example of symbolic interactionalists
emphasizes that people can communicate because they share words, gestures and physical objects that have similar meanings to all
define functionalism
emphasizes the contributions of each part of society and how the parts work together to create a unified whole
define conflict perspective
people with the most power are seen as the most valuable to society
example of dysfunction
when government regulations become so complex that they make it hard for citizens to accomplish the work efficiently
define conformity
conforms to a group because they have learned to value a group's behavior
what sociologists challenge
conventional social wisdom
what people believed before the the Industrial Revolution
in luck and fate and rather than knowledge and science
W.E.B DuBois
Pan-African movement
Emile Durkheim
mechanical solidarity; believed that societies can exist because there are broad agreements among 3 members
Karl Marx
conflict because the bourgeois and the proletariat
Max Weber
verstehen - being able to put yourself in another's place
Jane Addams
social reform and co-founded Chicago's Hull House
Auguste Comte
positivism
C. Wright Mills
sociological imagination
example of verstehen
when you try to understand your friend's feelings by putting yourself in her situation