Chapter 1
This is the scientific study of human behavior in society.
What is SOCIOLOGY?
Sociologists rely on this, a body of techniques used to investigate phenomena.
What is the SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
This is the learned and shared behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values.
What is CULTURE?
What is the REFLECTED SELF/LOOKING-GLASS SELF?
This is a group of two members AND a group of three members.
What are DYADS and TRIADS?
This is the examination of the patterns of individuals' social interactions in a specific setting.
What is MICROSOCIOLOGY?
This is a characteristic within the scientific method that is able to stand alone but has an effect on other items present.
What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
Jewelry and hairstyles are examples of this type of culture.
What is MATERIAL CULTURE?
This group is people who shape an individuals' self-image, behavior, values, and attitudes in different contexts.
What is THEIR REFERENCE GROUP?
This type of organization is largely involuntary.
What is COERCIVE ORGANIZATIONS?
These 19th century thinkers grappled with theories and are now recognized as these types of people.
Who are SOCIOLOGICAL THEORISTS?
This type of research involves numbers.
What is QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH?
This can unify or divide a society and change over time.
What are SYMBOLS?
This status overrides other statuses in a person's social identity.
What is MASTER STATUS?
This is when a person has a feeling of isolation.
What is ALIENATION?
This person was the leader of the women's suffrage movement and in 1931, was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy.
Who is JANE ADDAMS?
This type of research requires the researcher to directly ask respondents a series of questions to collect information.
What is INTERVIEWS?
Material possessions and conformity is considered to be this to the American way of life.
What is a MAJOR U.S. VALUE?
This is the study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible.
What is ETHNOMETHODOLOGY?
What is a GLASS CEILING?
These are the contemporary perspectives in sociology.
What are FUNCTIONALISM, CONFLICT, FEMINIST, and SYMBOLIC INTERACTION?
This method is used when sociologist rely heavily on information that was collected by someone else.
What is SECONDARY ANALYSIS/DATA?
These are websites that enable users to create, share, and/or exchange information.
What is SOCIAL MEDIA?
These (medicine, health care, education, families, economy, etc.) are linked.
What are INSTITUTIONS?