Questions and Answers
Who is associated with the development of anti-positivism?
Which sociological perspective focuses on the ways in which individuals interact and communicate with each other?
What is the concept that describes the degree of connection among individuals in a group or society?
Which sociological perspective is concerned with the way that inequality and power differences contribute to social and political outcomes?
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Who is known for studying religious differences and their relation to suicide rates?
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What is the term for a philosophical and theological framework used to formulate theories, generalizations, and experiments within a discipline?
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Study Notes
Founders of Sociology
- Ludwig is credited with creating positivism, which is the belief that the world is objectively knowable.
- Max Weber is known for his anti-positivist views.
Sociology Basics
- Sociologists study social events, interactions, and patterns to develop theories about why they happen and work the way they do.
Emile Durkheim
- Emile Durkheim studied religious differences, particularly in cases where individuals no longer desired to be alive.
- He developed the concept of social solidarity, which describes the degree of connection among individuals in a group or society.
Theoretical Frameworks
Paradigms
- Paradigms are philosophical and theological frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and experiments.
Structural Functionalism
- Structural functionalism is a macro or mid-level theory that focuses on how each part of society functions together to contribute to the functioning of the whole.
- Examples of structural functionalism include how each organ of the body works together to keep it healthy.
- Questions that might be asked in this framework include how education works to transmit culture.
Conflict Theory
- Conflict theory is a macro theory that explores how inequity and inequalities contribute to social power and political differences, and how they perpetuate power.
- Analogies for conflict theory include "the ones with the most toys win, and they will change the rules to keep winning the game".
- Questions that might be asked in this framework include whether education transmits only the dominant certain cultures.
Symbolic Interactionism
- Symbolic interactionism is a micro theory that focuses on the way one-on-one interactions and communications behave.
- Analogies for symbolic interactionism include exploring what it means to be an "X".
- Questions that might be asked in this framework include how students react to cultural messages in school.
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Test your knowledge of the founders of sociology, including Ludwig, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, and explore their contributions to the field.
