Intro to Sociology

understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context.

• Sociological Theory

• Sociological Perspective

• Sociological Blindspot

• Sociological Law

the growing interconnections among nations due to advances in trade, travel and communications.

• Capitalism

• Market Theory

• Globalization

• Captain Planet

the group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society.

• social structure

• social networks

• social media

• social location

a term for a group’s recurring patterns of behavior.

• social facts

• social networks

• verstehen

• schaudenfraude

The view that a sociologist’s personal values and beliefs should not influence social research

• objective free

• conformity

• bias

• value free

the degree to which members of a group or society feel united in shared values and other social bonds.

• social imagination

• social integration

• social abstracts

• social relationships

considered the father of sociology

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Emile Durkheim

• Auguste Comte

saw the world as in constant conflict

• Herbert Spencer

• Harriet Martineau

• Emily Durkheim

• Karl Marx

saw society as "survival of the fittest"

• Herbert Spencer

• Harriet Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

recurring characteristics or events.

• patterns of behavior

• OCD

• deja vu

• wait, did we do this already?