O A man who is homeless is ____ O If you do not have a job, you are______ PersonalSocietal.
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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?
