Famous Peeps
The founder of sociology
Who is August Comte?
The goal of this is to test common sense & peoples assumptions then replace with fact & evidence and make generalizations.
What is sociological research?
How many perspectives of sociology are there?
What is four?
Research that uses numerical data
What is Quantitative?
Study of the evolution, development, function of human society.
What is sociology?
Believed in a classless society & conflict was needed for progress.
Who is Karl Marx?
One thing causes another.
What is causation?
Perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system.
Numerical data, Surveys, and Pre Collected data are examples of....
What is Quantitative Data?
Winners of the 2023 Superbowl.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
Disagreed with Marx, believed sociologist should try view without their personal values
Who is Max Weber?
A measure of the relationship between two variables.
What is correlation?
Views current social institutions and social order as outdated; the present systems of economics, religion, law, and the state are obsolete and a new system of social order must be established
What is post modernist?
Research which uses observation and
relies upon descriptive data
Ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives
What is sociological imagination?
Your sociology teacher.
Who is Ms. Gudmundsson?
Research that takes place in a natural
(non-lab) setting (primarily used in social research)
What is field research?
Idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general
What is conflict theory?
Narrative data and Descriptive data are examples of....
What is Qualitative Data?
Color Rihanna was wearing during the Superbowl Halftime Show.
What is Red?
Famous for his suicide study, believed in functionalism
Who is Emile Durkheim?
Research method in which people respond to
questions (most common method used in research) People are asked questions, Ideal for large numbers of people
What is a survey?
Perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another
What is symbolic interactionist theory?
Research that follows and retests the same people over time.
What is longitudinal study?
A view that looks at behavior of groups, not individuals