Theorists
This theorist preferred communism over captilism
Karl Marx
What are the four types of research methods?
Surveys, Field Research, Experiments, Secondary Data Analysis
a group’s shared practices, values and beliefs.
Culture
An established scholarly research that involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing a data collection method, gathering data, and drawing conclusions is…
The scientific method
Functionalism is also called…
Structural, functional, and theory
Who was the theorist that created positivism?
Auguste Comte
Survey, participation observation, ethnography, case study, unobtrusive observations, experiment are…
Primary Data Analysis
What do sociologists often use to study culture?
Sociological imagination
Why do we use the scientific method?
To avoid being bias and subjective.
Who was the functionalist who pointed out that social processes often have many functions?
Robert Merton
Who published The Study of Sociology?
Herbert Spencer
What is the use of existing sources in research?
Secondary data analysis
______, social forces and influences put pressure on people to select one choice over another.
Cultural patterns
What is the last step of the scientific method?
Report results
What are the consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated?
Manifest functions
Who helped established as a formal academic discipline?
Émile Durkheim
This research method collects data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about behaviors and opinions, often in the form of a question are or an interview…
Survey
Culture is a product of the people in a…
Society
Will a hypothesis ALWAYS be correct?
No
What are the unsought consequences of a social process?
Latent functions
Harriet Martineau
A one-on-one conversation between the researcher and the subject, and it is a way of conducting surveys on a topic is…
An interview
Culture shock
Sociologists can do this to test a hypothesis in a controlled environment.
Do an experiment
What are social processes that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society?
Dysfunctions