Sociology Chapter 1

2. various parts of society work together to keep society functioning.
5. differences in suicide rates might be explained by religion-based differences,Emile Durkheim.
6. develop a theory, interactions, patterns.
8. A families shard practices of beliefs.
10. German art critic, systematically gain an in-depth understanding of social worlds.
12. studying small or large groups.
14. a way to explain different aspects of social interactions.
16. creating a hierarchy of employment based on the level of education attained, meeting new people.
18. serves one or more functions within a society.
19. Alfred Radcliff-Brown, contribution to stability and social community.
20. stability, healthy society, working together.
21. accepted rules of conversation in various groups.
27. wife, child, sibling.
28. Macro-level theories, large groups of people.
30. George Herbert Mead, how one views themselves based on interactions with others.
31. using scientific methods to reveal the laws by which societies and individuals interact.
32. this perspective sees people as being active in shaping the social world rather than simply being acted upon.

1. concepts that can be defined differently.
3. Often used to describe what is deviant.
4. Erving Goffman, "people interactions showed a pattern of cultural "scripts".
7. understanding human behavior through analysis of content sources such as magazines,
9. gaining knowledge, preparing for a career, finding a good job.
11. cultural biases could influence research, attempt to understand human behavior from an insider’s point of view.
13. analyze data using statistical techniques to see if they can uncover patterns of human behavior.
15. decision to marry, have a child, or abortion.
17. family, cultural center, church.
22. German Sociologist Norbert Elias, religion exists in a large social context.
23. getting bad grades, dropping out, not finding suitable employment.
24. macro-level approach, Karl Marx.
25. Herbert Spencer,structural-functional theory.
26. structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
29. heavily researched approach, charts and graphs.