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These are the "big three" social theories.
What are functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism?
100
This is a testable proposition used in research.
What is a Hypothesis?
100
This is the most common research method in studying social problems, allowing results from random samples to be generalized to larger populations.
What is a survey?
100
This sociologist and civil rights activist conducted extensive research on race, class, and the social conditions of African Americans, and was a co-founder of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
100
This tech tool is exceeding records in adoption regarding this chart.
What is ChatGPT
200
This theory focuses on the idea that society is a competition for limited resources, leading to inequality and conflict.
What is Conflict Theory?
200
The stable state in which all parts of a healthy society work together properly is known as this.
What is Dynamic Equilibrium?
200
The first step of the scientific method in social research, where researchers identify a problem or question to investigate.
What is ask a question?
200
When looking at American History from a conflict perspective, Capitalism = this.
What is exploitation?
200
This term refers to cultural products and practices associated with society’s elite, such as opera, fine art, and classical music.
What is high culture?
300
This theoretical approach sees society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet both the biological and social needs of individuals.
What is Functionalism?
300
This term refers to a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs that shape their way of life.
What is Culture?
300
This principle in research requires that participants' privacy, confidentiality, and consent are always protected.
What are ethics?
300
This Morehouse College alumnus, who majored in Sociology, integrated his academic background with his activism, using sociological principles to address racial inequality and injustice in America.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
This sociological approach views society through the metaphor of theatrical performance, emphasizing how individuals play roles in society.
What is Dramaturgical Analysis?
400
This theory emphasizes that individuals create and interpret symbols, and those symbols shape their reality and interactions.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
400
These refer to patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on meeting social needs, such as family, education, and religion.
What are Social Institutions?
400
This type of analysis focuses on in-depth interviews, focus groups, and content analysis rather than statistical methods.
What is qualitative?
400
The existence of social norms, both formal and informal, is one of the main things that inform this concept, also known as encouraging social conformity.
What is social control?
400
This 2008 sports team exemplifies functionalism, as everyone plays a specific role within the team to achieve success.
What is the Boston Celtics?
500
This philosopher and economist argued that society is divided into two classes: the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who sell their labor. According to him, this class struggle drives historical change.
Who is Karl Marx?
500
This term refers to the ability to understand how your own personal history relates to broader societal structures.
What is Sociological Imagination?
500
This research method involves immersing the researcher in the natural setting of a social community to observe and understand their everyday life and culture.
What is ethnography?
500
This global movement led to the intellectual responses that influenced conflict theory and functionalism.
What is industrialization?
500
The notion that explains that language shapes thought/experience.
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?