SOC 1305 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: George Herbert Mead, C. Wright Mills, Harriet Martineau
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Sociology : scienti c study of human behavior in society. The 3 major social changes during 17th & 18th century: rise of a factory-based industrial economy, the emergence of great cities in europe, political changes. Emile durkheim - anomie, mechanical solidarity, organic solidarity. Theory : statement of how & why speci c facts are related. Goal of sociological theory : explain social behavior in real world. 3 major theoretical approaches or paradigms that guide thinking & research: Sees society as a complex system whose parts work together. 2 types of functions (robert merton: manifest functions, latent functions keywords: function, dysfunction, manifest, latent. Groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources. Karl marx, web dubois, c. wright mills keywords: coercion, power, con ict, means of production. Sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals. Focuses on patterns of social interaction in speci c settings.
