SOCL 2002 : Sociology Midterm Study Guide
Document Summary
Sociology: the scientific study of human activity in society; the study of the social forces that affect the things people do with and to one another. Social consciousness: same as social imagination, sociological perspective: the wish to look inside and learn more about the buildings in a big city, compels sociologists to explore levels or reality that dig below the surface. Industrial revolution; they offered lasting conceptual frameworks for analyzing the ongoing social upheavals: sociology emerged as an effort to understand the effects of the industrial revolution on human life across the globe. Social statics: the forces that hold societies together such that they endure over time. Social dynamics: the forces that cause societies to change. Jane addams: cofounded one of the first settlement houses in the us, the chicago. Manifest function: intended or anticipated effects that a part has on the existing social order. Latent function: unintended or unanticipated effects that a part has on the existing order.
