Who am I?
A German sociologist whose ideas helped found interpretive sociology
Max Weber
__________ are sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as masculine, feminine, or other
gender roles
The theory that various social institutions and processes are necessary to serve some important function that keeps society going
Functionalism
Is symbolic interactionism an example of microsociology or macrosociology?
Microsociology
The notion that relatively weak ties are often quite valuable because they yield information that stronger ties may not have
Strength of weak ties
A German sociologist who theorized that conflict between classes motivates social change over time
Karl Marx
________ starts with a theory, forms a hypothesis, makes empirical observations, and analyzes the data to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory
the Deductive approach
A micro-level theory positing that shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions are created through social interaction
Symbolic interactionism
Is family an example of a primary group or a secondary group?
Taking into account differences in cultures without passing judgment on the differences or assigning values.
Cultural relativism
An American sociologist who came up with the concept of "double consciousness" and was also a civil rights activist
W.E.B. Du Bois
culture shock
A body of theory that emphasizes equality between men and women
Feminist theory
Is race an independent or dependent variable?
Dependent
A phrase that relates to how much of a person's characteristics come are heredity vs social environment.
Nature versus nurture
A French sociologist who developed ideas about social cohesion and the division of labor
Émile Durkheim
According to Robert Merton, an __________ is a social deviant who accepts socially desirable goals but rejects the socially acceptable means for achieving them
innovator
A theory that generates falsifiable hypotheses and is neither macro- nor micro-sociology
Midrange theory
Is the looking-glass self a theory of Cooley's or Mead's?
Cooley
A philosophy of criminal justice arising from the idea that individuals choose to engage in crime based on a rational calculation of costs and benefits.
Deterrence Theory
A German sociologist who founded "the sociology of pure numbers"
Georg Simmel
______ is a descriptive account of social life and culture in a particular social system based on detailed observations.
ethnography
A theory that questions the narrative of progress occurring linearly throughout history
Postmodernism
Is Robert Merton's strain theory a functionalist or symbolic interactionist theory?
Functionalist
What three factors are needed to determine causality?
Correlation, time order, and ruling out alternative explanations