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The ability of individuals to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in their society.

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Sociological Imagination

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The theoretical perspective that focuses on disagreements within a society and between societies.

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Conflict Perspective

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A person who developed sociology as the scientific study of society based on positivism, or certain knowledge.

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Auguste Compte

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The theoretical perspective that focuses on how people within a society interact, or influence on another’s behavior through the use of mutually understood symbols.

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symbolic interactionism

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Norms that are formally defined and enforced by officials.

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Laws

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Scientific Study of the patterned ways in which people interact in social relationships.

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Sociology

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Focuses on groups rather than individuals, helps people understand how their lives are influenced by social forces.

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Sociological Perspective

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The knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed from generation to generation among members of a group.

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Culture

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The theoretical perspective that emphasizes the contributions of each part of a society. (like a puzzle)

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functionalism

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Abstract, beliefs, rules, customs, family systems, and economic systems.

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Non-material culture