Sociology Word Scramble

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Sociology	Study of social interactions at a variety of levels
Sociology Variety of Levels Individuals: Group: Nations:	Siblings, teammates Rival Gangs, Greeks, and GDI *War
Is interaction patterned and regular?	We are more alike than we are different
Nacarima	Between Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbeans. Washington
Empirical Information	Information based on observation, experiments, or experiences
Private and Secret Rites	Potty Training
Ritual Shrine Centers	Bathroom
Chest of Magic Potions	Medicine cabinet
Specialized Practitioner	Doctor
Male Daily Ritual	Shaving
"listener" wich doctor	Sociologist/therapist
Why do we need sociology?	Makes what seems obvious real (data)
Common sense does what?	Ignores fatcs, subjective, contradictory, varies across groups and culutres, myth and misconceptions. Many common sense ideas are false.
Systematic Study	Shows us what really happens (common sense)
What freshman REALLY like?	Rebekah Nathan Terrorism
Social Imagination	the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in particular
C. Wright Mills????????????	Connect individual lives and larger social influences Personal troubles (biography) Structural Issues (Historical)
Questions Sociologist ask	How much? What? Where? When? Why?
Microsociology	Small-Scale patterns of individuals' social interactions in specific settings EX: How a city responds Specific Question
Macrosociology	Large Scale patterns and processes that characterize society as a whole EX: How a state responds Big Question
Why is sociology important?	Informed decisions EX: Should we live together before marriage? Understand diversity EX: Who are the non-Hispanic whites? Evaluate policies EX: Should OU adopt living wage policy? Think critically EX: Seeing race gender affects opinion?
Theory	a set of statements that explains why a phenomenon occurs. Pattered Behavior in a society.
Auguste Comte	"Father of Sociology" Physics Empirical Study of society {Positivism} Analyzed social statics (same) and dynamics (different)
Emile Durkheim	Conducted a study on suicide and social integration [French] Social facts, Social solidarity, & Division of labor
Social facts	Aspects of life external to the individual. UD: External forces [Dr. D+him wanting a convertible= shoveling snow]
Social solidarity	Cohesion and harmony UD: How society comes together that creates social harmony [9/11 brought people to church] *The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, or religion. [Durkheim]
Division of labor	Interdependence of different task and occupations UD: Not connected to society [Suicide] EX: Students, faculty, staff, family
Karl Marx	German-----Alienation Diagram on Capitalism Conflict Theory!! [conflict would result from widespread economic inequality] Class conflict between bourgeoisie and proletariat Exploitation EX: Work hard get ahead
Capitalism	An economic system in which ownership of the means production is in private hands
Bourgeoisie Proletariat	Middle class Workers or working class
Functionalism	Society is a complex system. Interdependent part. Work together for a society's survival. Functions are purposeful and activities to meet different needs that contribute to a society stability!!
Manifest function	Intended and recognized EX: Why do we have a prison?
Latent function	Unintended and Unrecognized EX: Positive things that happen in prisons?
Dysfunctions	Negative impacts EX: Negative things like expensive, families get punished
Max Weber (Vay-ber)	How people interact? Versthen- [being] subjective Understanding in a deep way [behavior] Value-free sociology [anti positivism]
Conflict Theory	How groups disagree, struggle over power, and compete for scare resources! "haves" dominate in social, political and economic activities over the "have-nots" [Macro] *How inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power
Feminist Theories	Explain the social, economic, and political position of women in society! Premise: Women suffer injustice because of their sex. Goal: Free women from traditionally oppressive expectations and constraints.
Symbolic Interactionism	How individuals everyday behavior and communication through symbols and shared meanings. Micro-level perspective. Interactionists see society as socially constructed!
Quantitative	Quantity (number) EX: Statistic #'s
Qualitative	Interviews, focus groups, anaylisis of content sources EX: Qualitity
Symbolic Interactionism	One-to-one interactions and communications [Micro] Max Weber- dramaturgical analysis: Ex: Thearte
Paradigms	are philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
Structural Functionalism	[Macro or mid] How each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole. Dynamic Equilibrium
List three Sociological Paradigm	Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, & Structural Functionalism
antipositivism	the view that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values
empirical evidence	evidence corroborated by direct experiences and or observation.
Why is Social research important?	Examines human behavior. Involves the objective gathering of data. Is guided by rules and procedures (Ethics)
What is the scientific method?	1. ask questions 2. research existing sources 3. formulate a hypotheses 4. design + conduct a study 5. draw a conclusion 6. report results
How do sociologist do research?	Ask a question + Test the hypothesis
What is the research process?	????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Describe different data collection methods.	Surveys, secondary analysis, field research, content analysis, experiment, evaluation research???????????????????
What are the ethical considerations of doing research?	Do no [harm]. Get the subjects' [informed] consent. Protect subjects [confidentiality].
Independent Variables	The Cause of the change.
Dependent Variable	The effect, or thing that is changed.
Validity	The degree to which a sociologist measure accurately reflects the topic of study
Hawthorne effect	People changing their behavior because they know they are being watched as part of a study.
Survey	Questionaires and interviews. Collects data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about behaviors and opinions, often in the form of a questionnaire
Field Research	Gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experience or a survey.
Correlation	When a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable, but does not necessarily indicate causation.
Secondary Analysis	Examines data that have been collected by someone else. Includes historical materials, personal documents, public records, and official statistics.
Participant Observation	When a researcher immerses herself in a group or social setting in order to make observations from an “insider” perspective
Ethnography	The extended observation of the social perspective and cultural values of an entire social setting. Involve objective observation of an entire community.
Case study	Is an in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual
Experiments	The testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions. Experimental group- exposed to the independent variable. Controlled group- not exposed
Nonreactive (or unobtrusive) Research	meaning that it does not include direct contact with subjects and will not alter or influence people’s behaviors.
Content Analysis	Applying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from secondary data as they relate to the study at hand. Analyzing speeches, song, diaries, songs, e-mails
Hypothesis	Statement of a relationship between two or more variable.
Non-profitable Sample	Researchers rely on convenience or availabilty
The terms________&________ are often used interchangeably, but have nuances that differentiated them	Culture & Society
Culture	the learned and shared behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values, and material objects that characterize particular group or society * the beliefs and behaviors that a social group shares*
Society	A group that has lived and worked together long enough to become an organized population and to think of themselves as a social unit. *describes a group of people who share a community and a culture*
Material Culture	Tangible objects that members of a society makes, use, and share.
Non-material Culture	Shared set of meaning used to interpret and understand the world
Symbols	Anything that takes stands for something else and has a particular meaning for people who share a culture. Words, gestures, visual images, physical objects
Language	Shared symbols that enables people to communicate with one another
Values	A culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society (beliefs)
Ethnocentrism	To evaluate another culture according to the standards of one’s own culture
Xenocentrism	A belief that another culture is superior to one’s own
Norms	Rues of right and wrong behavior. What we should do or should not do.
What three types of Norms	Folkways, Mores, and Laws
Folkways Mores Laws	Not critical, may be broken without severe punishment. Very important, maintain morals and ethics (murder/thieve) Defined ans enforced by political authority
Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?	The study of society and social interaction
C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological ______________ to study how society affects individuals.	tool
A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:	interact
Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:	identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?	Economics
Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle?	Karl Marx
The difference between positivism and antipositivism relates to:	whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?	a large survey
Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by:	their culture
Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by:	Symbolic interactionalism
A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:	theoretic roles
Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?	Herbert Blumer
Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?	Karl Marx
Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist?	participant survey
Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was:	harmful
Studying Sociology helps people analyze data because they learn	interview techniques to apply statistics to generate theories 4) all of the above
Berger describes sociologists as concerned with:	monumental moments in people’s lives common everyday life events both a and b

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