CLEP Sociology Important Figures

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Auguste Comte (1798–1857)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Positivism

    • Key Terms: Father of Sociology

    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Law of Three Stages (Theological, Metaphysical, Scientific)

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Émile Durkheim (1858–1917)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Structural Functionalism

    • Key Terms: Anomie, Social Facts

    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Mechanical vs. Organic Solidarity, Suicide Study (Social Integration)

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Karl Marx (1818–1883)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Conflict Theory

    • Key Terms: Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat

    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Class Struggle, Alienation, Class Consciousness

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Max Weber (1864–1920)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Interpretive Sociology
    • Key Terms: Verstehen, Bureaucracy
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Rationalization, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Stratification (Class, Status, Power)
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George Herbert Mead (1863–1931)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Symbolic Interactionism
    • Key Terms: "I" vs. "Me"
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Generalized Other, Socialization Stages (Imitation, Play, Game)
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Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Symbolic Interactionism
    • Key Terms: Looking-Glass Self
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Primary vs. Secondary Groups
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Erving Goffman (1922–1982)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Dramaturgical Analysis
    • Key Terms: Impression Management
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Front Stage vs. Back Stage, Total Institutions, Stigma
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W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Critical Race/Conflict Theory
    • Key Terms: Double Consciousness, The Veil
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: The Philadelphia Negro, Co-founder of NAACP
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Robert K. Merton (1910–2003)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Structural Functionalism
    • Key Terms: Manifest vs. Latent Functions
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Dysfunctions, Strain Theory of Deviance
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C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)

  • Theoretical Perspective: Critical Conflict Theory
    • Key Terms: The Sociological Imagination
    • Major Concepts/Contributions: Private troubles vs. public issues, The Power Elite