Understanding Sociology

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Understanding Sociology by Mind Map: Understanding Sociology

1. Sociological Approach

1.1. broad understanding of society - drawing all major perspectives - overlap

1.2. Social Inequity

1.2.1. members of society - differing amounts - wealth, prestige & power

1.3. Globalization

1.3.1. worldwide integration - gov policies, cultures, social movements, financial markets - through trade & exchange of ideas

2. Perspective

2.1. Functionalist

2.1.1. Manifest function

2.1.1.1. Conscious

2.1.2. Latent function

2.1.2.1. Unconscious

2.1.3. Dysfunction

2.1.3.1. Element- disrupt - stability

2.2. Conflict

2.2.1. Tension between competing groups

2.2.2. Marxist View

2.3. Interactionist

2.3.1. Everyday social interaction

2.3.2. Verbal

2.3.3. Non verbal

2.4. Feminist

2.4.1. Gender inequality - central to all behavior

2.4.2. Micro level relationship

3. js

4. Sociology

4.1. Definition: Systematic study of social behavior in human groups

4.2. Sociological imagination : Awareness-relationship- individual & wider society

4.3. Theory

4.3.1. Set of statements - explain problems actions or behaviour

5. Pioneers

5.1. Early Social Thinkers

5.1.1. Auguste Comte

5.1.1.1. Positivism

5.1.2. Emile Durkheim

5.1.2.1. Father of sociology

5.1.2.2. Anomie

5.1.3. Max Weber

5.1.3.1. Vershtehen

5.1.3.2. Bureaucracy

5.1.4. Karl Marx

5.1.4.1. Capitalism

5.1.4.2. Class conflict

5.2. Modern Development

5.2.1. Charles Horton

5.2.1.1. Microsociology

5.2.2. Robert Merton

5.2.2.1. Microsociology

5.2.2.2. Macrosociology