Basics of Sociology

the study of human society and social behavior.

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Perspectives

• Culture

observable facts or events that involve human society

• Social Perspective

• Social Phenomenon

• Manifest Function

• American Values

looking beyond common beliefs to the meanings behind societal actions

• Social Phenomenon

• Culture

• Social Perspective

• Cultural Universe

What inspired sociology to be formed?

• To promote change and competition

• To organize a group of people

• It just did

• People started questioning why a group of people act the way they do

What events inspired Sociologists

• Industrial and French Rev

• Scientific Method

• Nelson Mandela

• Civil Rights Movement

What makes Sociology a science?

• Having a hypothesis

• Ability to apply the scientific method

• Because it ends in -ology

Father of sociology; coined the term

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

Influenced by Charles Darwin; "survival of the fittest"

• Herbert Spencer

• W.E.B Dubois

• Jane Adams

From wealthy family; founded the Hull-House

• Emile Durkheim

• Jane Adams

• Karl Marx

African-American; co-founded NAACP

• Herbert Spencer

• W.E.B Dubois

• Auguste Comte