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Soc. 101

Ch. 1

I the Sociological Imagination

1. Troubles vs. issues

2. Sociology as Social Science

1. Empirical- society can be studied based on observation and data

1. ocial Structures- organized patterns of social relationships and institutions

2. Social institution- a complex structure that meets a need.

3. Debunking myths

II Founders

1. Comte- “Sociology”

2. Spencer- Scientific Method

3. Marx- Economic determinism

1. Dialectic/conflict theory

1. Durkheim- Collective Consciousness

1. Anomie/Suicide

2. Positivist sociology- the world can be described and predicted based on sensory experience. (social facts)

1. Weber- Value-free

1. Verstehen-“understanding”

1. Simmel- small group interactions

   1. Critical distance

2. Chicago School- the social self

1. Action research, activism and social justice

2. Jane Addams- Hull House

3. W.E.B. Du Bois-Double consciousness

III Theory

1. Structural Functionalism

1. Stability, Harmony and Evolution

2. Functions and Dysfuntions

1. Manifest and Latent

1. Conflict theory

1. Competition, Inequality and Social Change

2. Feminist theory

1. Symbolic Interaction Theory

1. Meanings are important, Meanings grow out of relationships, Meanings are Negotiated between people

1. Post Modernist theory- deconstructionist theory

2. Mid-range theory-a theory which attempts to predict how certain institution will function

3. Social construction –an entity exists because people behave as if it exists.

IV Reseach

1. Macro sociology vs. Micro sociology