DURKHEIM, FUNCTIONALISM, AND SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM
1. Who was
Emile French sociologist that stressed that people are the product of their
Durkheim social environ- ment
"Forefather" of functionalism
2. What were the
three life sci- -Biology looks at the body
ences -Psychology looks at the mind
according to
Durkheim -Sociology looks at social facts
3. What are
social facts -Socially determined ways that we act, think, and feel
-External to and precede
individuals
-Coercive
4. Durkheim -Collective
on causality
5. How did Social science explains causal mechanisms, correlation does not imply
Durkheim causation
view suicide
6. What was -Suicide is dependent on the degree of social integration
Durkheim's
views on social
cohe- sion -Suicide is dependent on the degree of social regulation
7. What is The function of the division of labor is to increase social solidarity
mechani- cal
solidarity
8.
-Society of sameness
-Minimal division of labor, no structure
-"Inorganic" similar to a machine
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INTERACTIONISM
1. Who was
Emile French sociologist that stressed that people are the product of their
Durkheim social environ- ment
"Forefather" of functionalism
2. What were the
three life sci- -Biology looks at the body
ences -Psychology looks at the mind
according to
Durkheim -Sociology looks at social facts
3. What are
social facts -Socially determined ways that we act, think, and feel
-External to and precede
individuals
-Coercive
4. Durkheim -Collective
on causality
5. How did Social science explains causal mechanisms, correlation does not imply
Durkheim causation
view suicide
6. What was -Suicide is dependent on the degree of social integration
Durkheim's
views on social
cohe- sion -Suicide is dependent on the degree of social regulation
7. What is The function of the division of labor is to increase social solidarity
mechani- cal
solidarity
8.
-Society of sameness
-Minimal division of labor, no structure
-"Inorganic" similar to a machine
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