Vocab
intended consequence in Functionalist perspective
What is manifest function?
heavily focused on the scientific method and performing experiments
What is positivism?
most commonly used research method in social science
What is the survey method?
focuses on shared symbolic meanings between individuals
What is symbolic interactionism?
awareness of the relationship between a person's experience and the wider culture which shapes the person's choices and perceptions
the awareness that how we interact in the world matters
What is sociological mindfulness?
sees all research as existing for the purpose of social change; objectivity in research is not necessary
The variable that causes another variable to change?
What is an independent variable?
set of interrelated parts
data that is descriptive and not quantifiable
What is qualitative data?
data that is able to be counted numerically
What is quantitative data?
aligns with the symbolic interactionist perspective
What is interpretive?
focuses on competition and social change
What is conflict perspective?
level of analysis that focuses on large groups and societies
What is macro level analysis?
analysis of society that focuses on small groups and individual interactions
What is micro level analysis?
term for achieving consistent results through time
researchers join people and observe them in their own environments
What is participant observation?
This perspective would focus on the inequality that exists between the sexes.
What is conflict perspective?
What is operationalizing a variable?
social process that has undesirable consequences for society
term for studying what you actually mean to study in your research experiment
What is validity?
investigating relationships between variables to test a hypothesis
What is experiment?
Sports provide jobs, entertainment and a source of fitness for millions of people in the United States.
What is functionalist perspective?
What is the Hawthrone Effect?