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Warm Up

Chapter OneExamining Social Life

How does sociology compare/contrast with other social sciences?

Anthropology

The comparative study of past & present cultures• leans to

past/uncivilized instead of present/advanced

Psychology

Behavior & thinking of organisms

• Individual behavior over group behavior• Social Psychology: study

of how social environments affect individual’s behavior/personality.

EconomicsThe study of how people make efforts to satisfy needs and wants• Leans toward impersonal data

Political ScienceExamination of the organization & operation of governments

• Sociology leans toward effects of governments on people.

HistoryThe study of past events

• Studies the past overall as opposed to the past’s effect on people

The Founders of Sociology“We were making the future, he said, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” - H.G. Wells

Auguste ConteFounder of sociology (coined the term)• Applied methods of

physical science towards the study of social life

Herbert SpencerApplied teachings of Charles Darwin to society•Social Darwinism – “survival of the fittest” amongst societies over time.

Karl MarxBelieved that society’s structure was directly defined by the economy• Bourgeoisie - capitalists• Proletariat - workers

• Believed that class inequalities would lead to inevitable conflict

Emile DirkheimConclusions about society

should be drawn strictly from observable data/statistical analysis• Believed that individual

people were the result of complex social forces

Max WeberUnderstand individuals by putting them into groups

• Verstehen – put oneself in the shoes of another• Ideal Type – the combination of society’s ideal characteristics

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CLASSWORK: Chapter 1