Sociology

3. type a description compromised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society
5. the social science that studies human society and social behavior
6. weber he was interested in separate groups within society, rather than society as a whole
7. an attempt to understand the meanings individuals attach to their actions
9. the comparative study of past and present cultures
10. imagination C. Wright Mills described this as the "capacity to range from the most impersonal and remote topics to the most intimate features of the human self-- and to see the relations between the two."
13. perspective these people view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system
14. phenomena observable facts or events that involve human society
16. perspective these people focus on the forces in society that promote competition and change
17. the social science that deals with the behavior and thinking of organisms
20. an explanation of the relationships among particular phenomena
21. spencer he was strongly influenced by Charles Darwin and considered society to be a set of interdependent parts that work together to maintain the system over time
22. the study of past events

1. marx he believed the structure of a society is influenced by how its economy is organized, believed society to be divided into two classes-- capitalists and workers
2. anything that represents something else and has meaning
4. negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system, such as crime
6. function the intended and recognized consequence of some element of society
8. perspective a general set of assumptions about the nature of things
11. the consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social system
12. science interested in voting patterns, the concentration of political power, and the formation of politically based groups
15. comte he coined the term sociology, focused on social order and social change
18. interaction the focus on how people use symbols when interacting
19. function an unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society