Founders & Theorists
This thinker first coined the term positivism.
Who is Auguste Comte?
Status you are born into.
What is ascribed status?
In-depth interviews and focus groups are examples of this kind of sociology.
What is qualitative sociology?
The ASA Code of Ethics emphasizes this principle of fairness in research.
What is value neutrality?
A motivational frame calls for this.
What is action?
His analysis of modern society centered on the concept of rationalization.
Who is Max Weber?
Status you earn or choose.
What is achieved status?
Large surveys and statistical analysis fall under this method.
What is quantitative sociology?
Not telling participants the true purpose of the study when it could harm them.
What is unethical research?
A way to explain movement success in terms of the ability to acquire resources and mobilize individuals.
What is resource mobilization theory?
His 1899 publication provided empirical evidence against pseudoscientific biological racism.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Conflict between multiple roles at the same time.
What is role conflict?
A research design focusing on one event, situation, or individual.
What is a case study?
This type of ceremony strips away old identities in total institutions.
What is a degradation ceremony?
A type of social order maintained by the collective conscience of a culture.
What is mechanical solidarity?
Mechanical and organic solidarity were introduced by this theorist.
Who is Émile Durkheim?
Learning expected behaviors before entering a new role.
What is anticipatory socialization?
How likely research results are to be replicated if the study is reproduced.
What is reliability?
Complex group of interdependent positions that, together perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time
What is a social institution?
A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness.
What is anomie?
His idea of alienation explained how workers feel disconnected from their labor.
Who is Karl Marx?
This theorist’s looking-glass self describes how identity is shaped.
Who is Charles Cooley?
Identifying cause and effect in the opposite direction.
What is reverse causality?
A practice where individuals adapt to new norms in a new environment.
What is resocialization?
Refers to the condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or the sense of self.
What is alienation?