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Sociology 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A variable is | anything that can change |
| When two variables are related but one does not cause the other, researchers term the situation | an association |
| “Social class background is a good predictor of achievement in school” | |
| In this statement, achievement in school is the | Dependent variable |
| People are selected from a group in such a way that every person has the same chance of being selected; the people who are selected make up what type of sample? | Random |
| Riding in unmarked police cars to collect data on drug dealers is using | participant observation |
| Sociologists utilizing the Census, the FBI stats, or stats from the DoL would be engaged in which type of data collection method? | Secondary analysis |
| Which of the following research designs is least used by sociologists? | The controlled experiment |
| In research, a sample is defined as | the portion of the total population chosen for study |
| ( ) refers to consistency of the results in research ( ) refers to the appropriateness of a measure to the phenomenon being studied | Reliability;validity |
| Ethical considerations that must be part of a sociologist’s research include | striving to protect the rights and privacy of participants |
| ___ is defined as ‘all that human beings learn to do, to use, to produce, and to know, and to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to which they belong | culture |
| Culture is transmitted through | social interaction |
| The anxious reaction people may have when encountering cultural traditions different from their own in known as | culture shock |
| Studying or understanding a social group on its own terms is necessary to achieve cultural | relativism |
| Which of the following is a component of culture? | Nonmaterial culture, material culture, rules and shared beliefs, language |
| Which of the following would not be considered an example of material culture? | prayers |
| Norms | shared conduct, limits of behavior, provide predictability |
| According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, there is an interrelationship between | language and perceptions of the world |
| In Kazahkistan, bribing is frowned upon; however most professors supplement their salaries by exchanging grades for money; this behavior reflects a | real norm |
| Innovation and diffusion are responsible for | cultural evolution |
| Main goal of sociology | To understand the forces that operate throughout society; forces that mold individuals, shape their behavior, and determine social events |
| Main focus of Sociology | is the group, not the individual |
| Sociological imagination | the relationship between individual experiences and forces in the larger society that shape our actions |
| Who invented sociological imagination? | C Wright Mills |
| Empiricism | the view that generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed directly or verified through our senses |
| Psycholgists vs | |
| Sociology | Psychology studies the individual and sociology studies groups of individuals and society’s institutions |
| Econ vs | |
| Soc | Econ study price and availability soc are interested in the social factors that influence a person’s economic decisions |
| History vs Soc | Historians focus on individual events, sociologists focus on phenomena or patterns of dominance and subordination |
| Poly Sci vs Soc | Soc focuses on how the poly system affects other institutions in society, poly sci devotes attention to the forces that shape political systems and theories for understanding |
| Social Darwinism | survival of the fittest |
| Spencer’s views | society was similar to a living organism |
| Marx | revolutionary proponent of the political and social system (conflict theory) |
| Durkheim’s study | found that suicide rates were influenced by group cohesion and societal stability |
| Durkheim’s findings | Egotistic;low group cohesion, altruistic; high group cohesion, anomic; disconnected, |
| Comte | father of sociology; coined sociology |
| Dubois | first African American to receive PhD |
| Merton | social functions |
| What are the social functions? Social; contribute to ongoing operation or maintenance of society, manifest; the intended and recognized consequences, latent; unintended or not readily recognize consequences | |
| Conflict theory | proposes that each individual or group struggles to attain pthe maximum benefit; causes social inequality and conflict |
| Hypothesis | testable statement |
| Variable | anything that can change |
| Causality | something brings about or changes something else |
| Association | changes in one thing are related but does not cause |
| Independent | causes or changes another variable |
| Dependent | influenced by the independent |
| Participant observation | researchers entering into a group’s activities and observing the group |
| Sample | particular subset of the population chosen for study |
| Sampling error | failure to achieve a representative sample |
| Bias | the tendency for researches to select data that support and ignore data that goes against their hypothesis |
| Culture | all that humans learn to do, use, and produce, know and believe as they grow and live their lives in social groups |
| Ethnocentrism | people make judgments about other cultures based on their own |
| Realitivism | recognition that groups and cultures must be studied on their own terms |
| Norms | rules of behavior agreed and shared within a culture |
| Mores | strongly held norms |
| Folkways | norms that permit wide interpretation |
| Sapir-Whorf hypothesis | language determines perception of reality |
| Diffusion | movement of one cultural traits to another culture |
| Cultural lag | new patterns of behavior emerge even though they conflict with traditional values |
| Innovations | new tool or practice that becomes widely accepted |
| Reformulation | trait is modified to fit in new context |
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