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This document provides an overview of sociology and its key thinkers. It discusses how sociology is the scientific study of human relationships and interactions in society. Some of the pioneers of sociology that are mentioned include Auguste Comte, who coined the term sociology, Karl Marx, who analyzed social class and conflict, and Emile Durkheim, who studied suicide and its social causes. It also examines the work of theorists like Charles Cooley on the development of self and George Mead…

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Sociology is one of the social sciences--disciplines that examine the human or social world. There is overlap between sociology and the other social sciences, this picture shows the connection between all of them. Picture & definition retrieved from the What is Sociology slideshow from 48-110.

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The main difference between positivism and constructivism is their method of generation and verification of knowledge. According to positivism, knowledge...

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Verstehen - (n) "meaningful understanding"; the concept of putting yourself in the shoes of others in order to see things from their perspective and understand them better. The term is closely associated with the work of the German sociologist, Max Weber, whose antipositivism established an alternative to prior sociological positivism and economic determinism, rooted in the analysis of social action.

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