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Chapter1 Sec4,5,6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False: Tuesdays are the most popular day for births | True |
| True or False: June is the least popular month for weddings | False |
| Which sociologist came up with the term Vertehen? | Max Weber |
| True or false: Harriet Martineau translated August Comte's work into Spanish. | False |
| True or False: When doing any kind of research, being biased is key to finding data and conclusions. | False |
| When studying Sociology what must you be? | Must be neutral and unbiased |
| What does sociology use? | It uses replication |
| What is replication? | Formal research or experiment that can be redone. |
| What is the purpose of research? | Increase the understanding of human behavior V. investigating harmful social arrangements. |
| What is research used for? | Can be used by anyone for any purpose Can be used to reform society |
| Max Weber | To understand / Someone who "has been there" / Gain insight into peoples behavior |
| Social facts definition | patterns of behavior |
| Examples of social facts: What affects social facts? | Births on Tuesday / Most popular month to get married is June Weather, school, job, travel |
| What are the 4 German 4k's? | Church, cooking, children, clothes |
| Harriet Martineau | Translated August Comte's ideas into English / Studied Social Life / Research was ignored |
| Define Value Free | The view that a Sociologists personal values or biases should not influence social research |
| Define Values | The standard by which people define what is desirable or undesirable, good or bad, beautiful or ugly |
| Define Replication | Repeating a study in order to test its findings |
| Define Versthen | A German word used by Weber that is perhaps best understood as "to have insight into someones situation" |
| Define subject meaning | The meanings that people give their own behavior. |
| Define social facts | Durkheim's term for a group of patterns of behavior |
| Example social facts | In the United States, June being the most popular month for weddings. |
| Define the 4 German roles of Women in 1800s | Kirche: Church Kuchen:cooking kinder:children kleider:clothes |
| Who was Harriet Martiineau? | She began to analyze social life / studied in great Britain and United States / published society in America/ 1802 to 1876 |
| What is her major contribution to the field of sociology? | Translating Comtes ideas into English |
| Weber wanted ____ total neutrality to be the Hallmark of social research. If values influences research he said sociologists findings will be biased. | Objectivity |
| Objectivity | total neutrality |
| Few sociologist take such one sided views-this sketch does identify its major issues. Perhaps _____ best expresses todays majority position. | Sociologist John Galliher (1991) |
| Who was the first women to hold a cabinet position as secretary of labor under President Franklin Roose that is no longer remembered | Francis Perkins |
| Transplanted to U.S. soil in the late ninteeth century, sociology first took root at the University of _______ in 1890. | Kansas |
| The department at the University of _____, which was founded by ___ dominated sociology. | Chicago / Albion Small |
| They focus on aiding people in poverty and socially maladjusted members of society. They have jobs in hospitals and schools and many work in the area of public aid. | Social Workers |