[SOC 302] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (23 pages long)
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3 major changes during 17th and 18th centuries that were important to the development of sociology: urbanization. 2: political changes industrial revolution important founders. Auguste comte thought sociology was the queen of science. He said people understand the world theologically, metaphysically and scientifically. Tried to compare all cultures of the world and put them into a hierarchy. 2 ideas about sociology from durkheim: structure/agency, evidence anomie: normalness. A statement of how and why things are related; goal is to explain social behavior. A set of assumptions that guide our thinking. All parts of the system shift to bring things to equilibrium. Ex: the manifest function of prison is to punish and rebuild people. Latent functions: can contribute to the working of a society. Ex: the latent function in a prison is the cheap labor. Dysfunctions: aspects of society that does not contribute to society. Over emphasize extend to which harmony and stability exists in society.
