Notes: Introduction to Sociology 
Part 1
Harriet Martineau brought sociology to the English speaking world
Wrote first systematic methodological treatise in sociology
Came to America and was shocked by what she saw saying that it wasn't as equal as she thought it was wrote Society in America
WEB Du Bois
Harvard PhD-first African American to receive one
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line encouraged people to understand other people's lives, from their perspective
Social Theory
There are 3 main paradigms in sociology:
Functionalism- all institutions are working for balance, criticized for ignoring inequalities
Conflict
Interactionist (Symbolic Interactionism)
Functionalism
Durkheim-there are absolute truths about society that could be uncovered
One of his main concepts was the division of labor
Merton
Two main functions for everything-
Manifest-obvious reason for something
Latent- the unintended functions- for college: partying, social networking.
Conflict theory:
Various groups compete for limited resources conflict is a natural part of society focuses on inequalities
Big Names:
Carl Marx- very focused on economics
Mills-
Collins- conflict is daily, micro
Interactionalism
Society is largely socially constructed defined through interactions relies on symbols requires interpretation
Symbols- means different things in each place interpretation it changes everywhere
Blumer- humans apply meaning to everything and choose their behavior accordingly, colloquial dialect, thought
Cooley-
Mead-
Part 2- Sociological Research Methods
Bases of Knowledge
-Tradition: everything we know about a particular topic to date, a collection of research
-Authority: experts on a topic
-Scientific method: deductive or inductive research using logic. Not based on past research (i.e. authority or tradition)
Deductive- theory to hypothesis to conversation to confirmation
Inductive- observation to patterns to hypothesis
Components of
Harriet Martineau brought sociology to the English speaking world
Wrote first systematic methodological treatise in sociology
Came to America and was shocked by what she saw saying that it wasn't as equal as she thought it was wrote Society in America
WEB Du Bois
Harvard PhD-first African American to receive one
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line encouraged people to understand other people's lives, from their perspective
Social Theory
There are 3 main paradigms in sociology:
Functionalism- all institutions are working for balance, criticized for ignoring inequalities
Conflict
Interactionist (Symbolic Interactionism)
Functionalism
Durkheim-there are absolute truths about society that could be uncovered
One of his main concepts was the division of labor
Merton
Two main functions for everything-
Manifest-obvious reason for something
Latent- the unintended functions- for college: partying, social networking.
Conflict theory:
Various groups compete for limited resources conflict is a natural part of society focuses on inequalities
Big Names:
Carl Marx- very focused on economics
Mills-
Collins- conflict is daily, micro
Interactionalism
Society is largely socially constructed defined through interactions relies on symbols requires interpretation
Symbols- means different things in each place interpretation it changes everywhere
Blumer- humans apply meaning to everything and choose their behavior accordingly, colloquial dialect, thought
Cooley-
Mead-
Part 2- Sociological Research Methods
Bases of Knowledge
-Tradition: everything we know about a particular topic to date, a collection of research
-Authority: experts on a topic
-Scientific method: deductive or inductive research using logic. Not based on past research (i.e. authority or tradition)
Deductive- theory to hypothesis to conversation to confirmation
Inductive- observation to patterns to hypothesis
Components of