Major Theories
This concept connects personal troubles to public issues.
What is the sociological imagination?
Shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group.
What is culture?
He coined the term "Sociology" in 1790?
Who is Auguste Comte?
To collect data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about thinking, behaviors, and opinions, often in form of a questionnaire.
What are surveys?
Judging another culture based on your own standards.
What is Ethnocentrism?
This theory posits that society is a system of interdependent parts working together “work-togetherism”
What is Structural Functionalism (Functionalism)?
The visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured.
What are norms?
He is the founder of conflict theory and the author of the "Communist Manifesto".
Who is Karl Marx?
This method involves observing subjects in their natural environment.
What is participant observation?
The systematic study of society and social interaction.
What is Sociology?
This theory suggests that society is marked by inequality and competition.
What is conflict theory?
Type of norm that tend to be codified or formalized as the stated rules and laws of society.
What are Mores?
He is a German conflict theorist who stated that inequality is multidimensional, not just about money.
Who is Max Weber? (you have to pronounce it correctly to receive the points)
A testable educated guess about predicted outcomes between two or more variables.
What is hypothesis?
Tenets or convictions that people hold to be true.
What are beliefs?
This micro-level theory asks the question, "What does this mean to people?"
What is symbolic interactionism?
Direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expression of culture.
What are folkways?
He is the founder of Structural Functionalism, also known as "The Father of Sociology".
Who is Emile Durkheim?
A set of guidelines that the American Sociological Association has established to foster ethical research and professionally responsible scholarship in sociology.
What is code of ethics?
Gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture.
What are symbols?
“A stop sign may represent safety for some and surveillance for others” is a possible statement from this perspective.
What is conflict theory?
Preferring other cultures other than one's own.
What is Xenocentrism?
He introduced the concept of "The Sociological Imagination" to the school of Sociology.
Who is C. Wright Mills?
Specific explanations of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study.
What are Operational definitions (operationalization)?
A very strong negative norm that prohibits certain behaviors in society. They are NEVER ok and violation can result in extreme disgust and even expulsion from the group or society.
What are taboos?