Sociology chapter 1 vocabulary

understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context

• sociological perspective

• society

• social location

• positivism

people who share a culture and a territory

• sociological perspective

• society

• social location

• positivism

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

• sociological perspective

• society

• social location

• positivism

the application of the scientific approach to the social world

• sociological perspective

• society

• social location

• positivism

the scientific study of society and human behavior

• sociology

• class conflict

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

Marx’s term for the struggle between capitalists and workers

• sociology

• class conflict

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

Marx’s term for capitalists, those who own the means of production

• sociology

• class conflict

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

Marx’s term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production

• sociology

• class conflict

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

recurring behaviors or events

• patterns of behavior

• basic (or pure) sociology

• applied sociology

• public sociology

sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups

• patterns of behavior

• basic (or pure) sociology

• applied sociology

• public sociology