Notes:
proletariat: the majority, who were the poor
bourgeois: the small minority who were the wealthy class
manifest function: intentional and formally sanctioned functions of social institutions and society
dysfunction: the undesirable disruptions of social patterns resulting in negative consequences within society
latent functions: unintentional and informally sanctioned functions of social institutions and society
Module 1: Sociological Perspective — the process of understanding and explaining how individuals and groups interact within society.
Module 2: Social Structures — the distinctive and stable arrangements of social patterns that form society as a whole.
Module 3: Social Problems — the societal-level conditions that harm segments of society.
Module 4: Sociological Imagination — the ability to see the details of our own lives in the context of larger social structures as opposed to merely personal choices or personal troubles.
Module 5: Social Change — the social forces that change the organization and social structures of society.