Sociology 1301 Exam Guide
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Anomic suicide - Ans committed in response to a societal condition of anomie (Stock market
crash of '29, revolutionary change in government)
Anomie - Ans there is a major disruption in society such that the norms (social rules or
expectations of behavior) are no longer clear cut, condition of society
Max Weber (German Functionalist/ Conflict/ Interactionist Perspective) - Ans 70-75 hours a
week - did everything to "see how much he can take"
No PhD in sociology
Verstehen
Bureaucracy
With their emphasis on rules and structure, he believed they were trapping humans in an
IRON CAGE robbing them of their individuality and creativity
Verstehen - Ans people's subjective understanding of their own actions
Enhanced knowledge of the social sciences, giving them more information than the
natural sciences (not better)
You can ask humans "Why did you do that?"
Bureaucracy - Ans a large scale formal organization rationally designed to maximize efficiency
, George H. Mead and Charles H. Cooley - Ans Cofounders/fathers of the Interactionist
perspective
Jane Addams (conflict) - Ans Hull House
Early member of the ASA (American Sociological Association)
Founder and President of Women's League for Peace
Member of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
First woman ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
W. E. DeBois (conflict) - Ans First African American to earn a Harvard
PhD Spent a year doing research in Germany with Weber
Founding member of the NAACP and editor of its Crisis Magazine (Came out of
Niagara Movement)
In Ghana: founder of Pan Africanism (Wanted to get people to recognize/celebrate African
culture)
The Philadelphia Negro - first American to do a large scale social science research;
research holds up well by today's standards
1940-1960s US - Ans 180 turn away from activism for 2 reasons
- On the surface, it appeared many problems had been solved
- The view was that to be scientific, the researcher had to be value neutral
Value neutral - Ans keeping their opinions, values, and biases out of their research
1960-1970 US - Ans return to activism
1970s to present US - Ans More complex, diverse
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