Sociology
Chapter 1B (pages 13-22)
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THE ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY 1.4
Social Change and Sociology
1. The 3 kinds of change that were important to the development of Sociology are listed below. Explain
the significance of each.
Factory-based industrial
economy
Explosive growth of cities
New Ideas about
democracy and political
rights
2. Who coined the term Sociology?
3. Aguste Comte saw sociology as the product of 3 states of historical development. They are listed
below. Describe each.
Theological Stage
Metaphysical Stage
Scientific Stage
4. Define Positivism
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 1.5
5. Define the following:
Theory
Theoretical
Approach
6. There are 3 different theoretical approaches. What two questions do Sociologists ask themselves to
determine which theory they are going to use?
The Structural-Functional Approach
7. Define the following:
Structural
Functional
Approach
Social Structure
Social Functions
8. Which 4 early sociologists favored this approach?
9. Robert Merton expanded our understanding of social function by pointing out that any social structure
has many functions. Define the following
Manifest Function
Latent Function
Social Dysfunction
The Social-Conflict Approach
10. Define Social-Conflict Approach
11. Describe how the social-conflict approach can be applied to our educational system.
Feminism and Gender-Conflict Theory
12. Define the following
Gender-Conflict Theory
(Feminist Theory)
Feminism
13. Who was the first female Sociologist?
Race-Conflict Theory
14. Define Race-Conflict:
15. List 3 of W.E.B. DuBois’s accomplishments.
The Symbolic-Interaction Approach
16. Define the following:
Macro-level
orientation
Micro-level
orientation
Symbolic
Interaction
Approach
Read Is Sociology Nothing More Than Stereotypes? (Page 41)
17. When sociologists are making generalizations, what 3 criteria must be met?