OA man who is homeless is ____O If you do not have a job, you

are______

PersonalPersonal Societal Societal

SociologyO Social Behavior- how people behave

in groupsO Social Structure- PATTERNED

interactions of people

Social PerspectiveO Looks as group/ Never individualO Not relying on personal factorsO Concentrate on Categories: young men,

married women, teenagersO Statements:

O A young man joins a gang to prove he is tough

O Young men join groups such as gangs because they have been taught by society to be masculine

O Statements:O A young man joins a gang to prove he

is toughO Young men join groups such as gangs

because they have been taught by society to be masculine

O Statements:O A woman divorces her husband to

develop her potentialO More women divorce because of the

social trend toward sexual equality

Social Perspective Continued

O Groups vs. IndividualsO Group mentality

O Conformity vs. DeviationO Smoking, What we wear,

What we eatO “When in Rome, Do as

Romans Do”O Big Picture- Everything

has wider economic and social meaning. Lives are connected to objects

Social ImaginationO C. Wright Mills

O Personal use of SociologyO Relationships between events in

personal lives and events in their society

O Examples: Families with no children (Selfish), only child (spoiled) O Change in attitude today, (benefits of

one child families) Societal values***

Origins of SociologyEuropean & American

Auguste ComteO FrenchO Father of SociologyO Positivism- Science based on truthO Social Statics- Stability & OrderO Social Dynamics- change

Auguste Comte: The Law of Human Progress (or The Law of Three Stages)

, , , Comte insists repeatedly that “intellectual evolution is the

preponderant principle” of his explanation of human progress . . .

(Coser 1971:8)

Harriet MartineauO EnglishO Translated Comte’s booksO Women lacked econ power due to

dependency on menO Inspired- feminists theorists O Called by William Davenport "the

first of the notable women of the nineteenth century,"

Herbert SpencerO EnglishO Social Darwinism- poor should be

poor, rich should be richO Against social reformO Let change happen naturally

Karl MarxO Clash of Classes- class conflictO Bourgeoisie- ownersO Proletariat- workers

Emile DurkheimO FrenchO Society occurs due to agreement

among menO Mechanical Solidarity- self sufficient,

based on traditionsO Organic Solidarity- interdependency,

web of specialized roles

Max WeberO GermanO Verstehen-

understand from different point of view

O Rationalism- hard evidence, no guesses or luck

Jane Addams O AmericanO Societal Problems- due to imbalance

of power among social classes

W.E.B. DuboisO Studied racial discriminationO Social Structure in African

Communities

Critical Thinking?O Why is Weber’s concept of Verstehen

the very essence of modern Sociology?