Sociology Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Scientific study of social structure

• sociology

• pyschology

• history

• botany

Class owning the means for producing wealth

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

• upper class

• middle class

Study of social stability & order

• social statics

• social dynamics

• social interrogations

• social studies

View that looks at the behavior of groups, not individuals

• psychology

• sociology

• botany

• geography

Social interdependency based on a high degree of specialization in roles

• organic solidarity

• codependency

• symbiotic relationships

• inoroganic solidarity

Intended/recognized consequences of an aspect of society

• manifest functions

• latent functions

• perspective

• social statics

Particular point of view

• perspective

• sociological imagination

• sociology

• power

Ability to see link between self & society

• power

• social statics

• perspective

• sociological imagination

Approach that emphasizes contributions made by each part of society

• positivism

• functionalism

• conflict theory

• theoretical perspective

Belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation

• positivism

• functionalism

• organic solidarity

• rationalization