Sociology 1

The ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives

• function

• Subjectivity
• Empiral studies
• Sociological imagination

Viewing a social system or structure without preconceptions, with an open mind

• Functionlism

• Subjectivity
• Objectivity

• Interactionist

The positive consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social system

• Objectivity

• function

• Latent Function

• Conflict perspective

First used by WEB DuBois to study communities and race relations

• Conflict theory

• hypothesis

• empirical studies

• Scientific Method

The rational inquiry system underlying science and first employed by Durkheim to sociology

• statistical model

• variable
• Scientific method

• hypothesis

Society is a set of interrelated parts that work together to form a stable system. It relies largely on societal structures

• objectivity

• verstehen
• sociological imagination

• Functionalism (a.k.a. Structural functionalism)

Negative consequences of an element of a system on society

• objectivity

• dysfunction
• latent function
• observation

The intended and recognized consequence of an element on society

• Manifest function
• empirical studies

• interactionist perspective
• correlation

Unintended and perhaps unrecognized effect of an element on society

• function

• sample
• statistical analysis
• latent function

Focus on the forces in society that promote competition and change

• Conflict Perspective
• symbols
• survey
• variable