Sociology Chapter 1 Review

Sociology is

• a persons point of view

• the scientific study of social structure and patterns of human behavior

• the scientific study of physiological behavior

• the class owning the means of producing wealth

The ongoing struggle between the bourgeoisie (owners) and the proletariat (working classes)

• Capitalism

• Functionalism

• Class Conflict

• Verstehen

A view that looks at the behavior of groups, but not individuals

• Social Perspective

• Correlatioin

• Hypothesis

• Organic solidarity

The ability of individuals to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in their society

• Social perspective

• Hypothesis

• Sociological Imagination

• Bourgeoise

The patterned interaction of people in social relationships

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Social Perspective

• Social Structure

Proletariat is the

• famous horse that raced in Kentucky Derby

• Working class

• Bosses

• Rich people

When you get information to prove your point

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Assimilation

• Social Dynamics

Power is

• the ability to control the behavior of others

• the ability to follow directions from higher ups

• the study of dramatic productions

• a set of assumptions about an area of study that is accepted to be true

Approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society

• Hypothesis

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic interactionism

A set of assumptions about an area of study that is accepted to be true

• Theoretical Perspective

• Conflict Perspective

• Functionalism

• Dysfunction