1. Early Contributors to Sociology Auguste Comte (1798-1857) coined term “sociology” positive philosophy==>positivism evolution of social thought from religion to natural law to a reliance on observations on the five senses

2. Theories of Society The Typology Tradition –Toennies: Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft –Durkheim: Mechanical & Organic Solidarity –Weber: Traditional & Rational Society –Marx:Feudalism, Capitalism, & Socialism

3. Ferdinand Toennies (1855-1936) Social Relationships Gemeinschaft (community) –interaction based upon tradition and loyalty –ascribed order –undifferentiated society and labor –family like groups bounded by localities Gesellschaft (Society) –interaction based on ration weighing of ends and means –achieved status –impersonal –complex division of labor –meritocracy and bureaucracy

4. Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) Mechanical Solidarity –similarity in local beliefs and activities (usually agriculture) –Collective Conscious –individualism is curbed Organic Solidarity –Complex division of labor in the economy and society –interdependence of individuals and institutions –organic model

5. Max Weber (1864-1920) Traditional Society –based upon tradition authority –close family-like relationships –religion –common symbols and activities Rational Society –based upon rational- legal authority –efficiency over custom –scientific –impersonal and bureaucratic

7. Karl Marx (1818-1883) Stages of history Feudalism Serfs and Lords Capitalism Proletariat and Bourgeoises Class Conflict and Exploitation and class consciousness Power Analyses and Hegemonic Control

8. Social Darwinism Evolved from Darwin’s theory of evolution (1858) Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) survival of the fittest society is evolving and getting better hunter-gatherers to modern society

9. Contemporary Theory, and Research Macrotheory aggregates or large groups entire societies Microtheory diads, triads, families social life of small groups Cutting across all social paradigms:

10. Structural Functionalism social systems theory components of society arise from structure and function functions reaffirm society and societal values manifest and latent functions

11. Structural Functionalism What are the Manifest and Latent Functions of the York Galleria Mall?

12. Conflict Paradigm Karl Marx (1818-1883) social behavior is seen as attempts to dominate or avoid domination Class Conflict -- Proletariat Vs. Bourgeoisie Utopian Society

13. Role Theory Ralph Linton (1895-1953) Status Roles Role Conflict Role Strain

14. Symbolic Interaction Simmel, Mead, and Cooley Primary Group Looking-Glass Self Taking The Role of the Other Common understanding of symbols Interpreting symbols in context 1863-1931 1864-1929 1858-1918

15. Exchange Paradigm human behavior is seen through the evaluation of relative costs and benefits rewards lead to actions more value increases likelihood of action high frequency of rewards diminishes the worth of the reward

16. Ethnomethodology reality is tentative actors try to anticipate behavior on the basis of roles -- but social reality is continually being constructed when “rules” are broken establish expectations -- rule breaking experiments

17. Feminist Paradigm gender differences in social organization men control and dominate social processes to their advantage

18. What’s Really Real?

19. Views on Reality Pre-modern View Modern View Postmodern View

22. Major Theoretical Perspectives

23. Theory Abstract statement explaining how and why some sets of concepts are linked. Helps interpret data Helps show us what questions to ask Helps generate.... hypotheses

24. Sociological Research Ordinary Human Inquiry Causal and Probabilistic Tradition Authority

25. Sociological Research Sources of Errors in Inquiry Inaccurate Observation Overgeneralization Selective Observation Illogical Reasoning

26. Sociological Research Types of Research Quantitative Qualitative

27. Sociological Research The Conventional Research Model Selecting and defining the problem Reviewing previous research Formulating Hypothesis (if appropriate) Developing the research design Collecting and analyzing the data Drawing conclusions and reporting the findings

28. The Wheel of Science Nomothetic Idiographic Quantitative Qualitative Deductive Inductive

29. Sociological Research Data Collection and Analysis Techniques Surveys Questionnaire Interview Secondary data Field Research Participant Observation Ethnography Experiments

31. Sociological Research Ethics in Social Research 1.NO HARM TO SUBJECTS 2.INFORMED CONSENT