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Sociology - E1 - P1
Sociology - Exam 1 - Part 1 - Perspective, Theory, and Method
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| systematic study of human society | Sociology |
| Founder of sociology | Auguste Comte |
| Coined term “sociology” | Auguste Comte |
| scientific approach to knowledge based on facts as opposed to speculation. | Positivism |
| statement of how & why specific facts are related | Theory |
| close-up focus on social interaction in specific situations | Micro |
| broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole | Macro |
| Structural-Functional people | Comte, Durkheim & Robert Merton |
| Structural-Functional macro or micro | macro |
| Society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability | Structural-Functional |
| function solidarity cohesion stable/stability unity | Structural-Functional key words |
| consequences of a social pattern for the operation of society as a whole | Social functions |
| Concept of Social functions developed by | Robert Merton |
| Manifest function | intended |
| Latent function | unintended |
| Social dysfunction | disrupts the operation of society |
| Social Conflict macro or micro | macro |
| Social Conflict concept developed by | Karl Marx |
| Society is an arena of inequality that generates conflict & change | Social Conflict |
| conflict, inequality, power, class struggle, change | Social Conflict key words |
| Social Conflict person other than Marx | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Symbolic interaction macro or micro | micro |
| Symbolic interaction people | Max Weber, Charles Horton Cooley, & George Herbert Mead |
| Society is the product of everyday interactions of individuals | Symbolic interaction |
| everyday interactions, individuals, small groups, symbols | Symbolic interaction key words |
| Symbols and meanings are | social constructs |
| Three Ways to Do Sociology | Positivist, Interpretive, Critical |
| based on systematic observation of social behavior | Positivist |
| information we can verify | Empirical evidence |
| mental construct that represents some part of the world | concept |
| concept whose value changes from case to case | variable |
| determining the value of a variable in a specific case. | Measurement |
| consistency in measurement | Reliability |
| actually measuring what you intend | Validity |
| relationship in which 2 or more variables change together | Correlation |
| Cause and effect variables | Independent variable – cause Dependent variable - effect |
| focuses on the meanings people attach to their social world. | Interpretive |
| focuses on the need for social change. | Critical |
| investigates cause and effect under highly controlled conditions | Experiment |
| systematic plan for doing research. | Research Methods |
| systematically observe people while joining them in their routine activities. | Participant observation |
| 4 Research Methods: | Experiment, Participant observation, Using available data, Survey |
| subjects respond to a series of statements or questions | Survey |
| Sociology Ethics | Do no harm, Fair-minded, Disclose all findings |
| Sociological perspective | Taking a broader view Seeing general patterns in the behavior of particular people. |
| Studied unemployment | C. Wright Mills |
| Emile Durkheim's goal | sociology recognized as academic discipline. |
| studied Suicide | Emile Durkheim |
| sociological keys to suicidal tendancies | Autonomy, Social integration |
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