Sociology - Lesson 1 - Introduction

Name the 4 types of classes

• Upper class

• Middle class

• Working class

• Under class

What is a culture?

Values and norms created by society

What is consensus?

The theory that society works together

What is conflict?

The theory that society wokrs against eachother

What is functionalism?

A consensus structuralist theory that basically means that society as a system works best when people share values and follow rules

What is mechanical solidarity?

People were connected because they live very similiar lives

Who was known as the “father of sociology”

Emile Durkhiem

What is organic soldarity?

People are different but depend on eachother. If one group stops working, then the entire of society collapses siilar to the human body if one organ group stops working then they all stop.

What did Dhurkhiem believe what was taught through what?

He believed that shared norms and values were taught through institutions like schools and religion whihchelp keep society stable

WHo cam eup with the organic analogy?

Talcott Parsons