Weber was an “ascetic” (self-disciplined) scholar whose approach to sociology is centered around the theory of social action, understanding capitalism and the role rationalization in society.

Webers research is focused on understanding the conditions of ____ and what kind of action typifies modern social life.

Weber’s approach to society bares resemblance to some _____ approaches.

Weber did not believe in ____ explanations and proposed instead that for any outcome there can be multiple causes.

This term in sociology means socially unstable, alienated, and disorganized. A social condition defined by uprooting or breakdown of any moral value, standards, or guidance for individuals to follow.

This term means showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish; selfless.

In sociology this term describes the tendency for people to seek out or be attracted to those who are similar to themselves.

The qualitative measurement of techniques used in sociology to study social relationships such as social choice, social acceptance, attraction or repulsion’s, and social status within a given group.

The tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged such as staying at the same job because you have always worked their or living in the same town your whole life is known as

The principal of ______ holds that social scientists should seek to understand collectivities (nations, cultures, governments, churches, corporations, etc) solely as the result and the context of the actions of individuals.

This refers to a phenomenon in which people alter and modify their behavior as a result of being observed.

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Weber distinguished himself from Durkheim and Marx by setting his primary focus on

Weber was primarily concerned with the question of objectivity and subjectivity looking to distinguish social action from

An act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals. Something performed to fulfill an agenda.

Behavior among two or more organisms within the same species and encompasses any behavior in which one member affects the other. Countless individual performance respective to communal expectations.

Verstehen has an interpretive meaning of

The principal that subjective individual motivation explains social phenomena rather than class or group dynamics. Involves an effort to exhibit the typical relevant reasons of actors which make their observed behavior understandable.

Concept developed by Weber to describe the increase rationalization inherent in social life that traps individuals in systems purely based on efficiency or function.

Modern market that limits individuals creative action due to bring condemned to a life of work often with no specialization.

our economic policies have faith based backgrounds that shift from substantive to formal rationality. They go through a process in which spirituality and tradition are replaced by calculation efficiency and control

The idea that truth is not absolute, but rather is subjective. It maintains that the basis for judgement depends on the events, people, or circumstances surrounding a given situation.

Weber's Theoretical Orientation Can be described as