Sociological Research
This sociologist sought to develop the science of sociology by applying inductive logic.
Emile Durkheim
What family type is also known as the 'cereal packet' family?
The Nuclear Family
All religions share common elements such as __________ and ritual, ___________ and organization.
Prayer and Belief
Knowledge that is transmitted in an unplanned and unstructured manner is also called
Informal Education
The amount of honour and prestige enjoyed by a person occupying a particular role in society is referred to as
Status
This is a number of preset questions that can contain open-ended, fixed choice, or a combination of both types of questions.
A questionnaire
This theorist believes that the family facilitates companionship, reproductive functions, economic and educational functions.
Murdock
This theorist claimed that worship of God is a disguise for worship of the society.
Dukheim
The two main questioned asked by Functionalists are:
1. How does the educational system promote order and stability in society?
2. ?
What functions does education fulfil for the individual members of society
In this system, law and inheritance determine one’s social position. The system consisted of a social hierarchy with differing obligations and rights accorded to each stratum
This study method differs from longitudinal in so far as it takes place at a single point in time rather than a series of measurements taken at different points in time.
Cross-Sectional Studies
This is the cultural norm in which people marry outside a particular group.
Exogamy
This theorist believed that religion helps to provide meaning to life. Religion serves as a social antidote to some of the social inequalities in society. It helps to provide ‘rational answers’ to some of the concerns people may have about their social condition.
Talcott Parson
The three main principles of the education system according to Davis and Moore are: Role allocation,___________ and _____________.
Sorting and placement and functional importance
These theorists are of the view that social stratification is an effective mechanism for ensuring that all the social positions in society, especially the functionally important ones, are filled by the most skilled, talented and qualified members of society.
Davis and Moore / Functionalism
This is the most basic way of selecting a sample. The researcher chooses the sample from the population in a manner similar to selecting numbers from a hat. The advantages are that a large sample can be quickly drawn and every unit has the same chance of selection.
Simple Random
This variation of the nuclear family features Spouses who may be committed to each other but because of personal, social and economic factors may not have been married legally.
Common Law Unions
This theorist posits that religion numbs the pain experienced from life and quells the possibility of dissatisfaction.
Karl Marx
This practice involves putting all pupils of similar ability in the same class, where the same knowledge and instructions are given.
Streaming
What are the 4 stages in the evolution of Caribbean Stratification?
Plantation Society (ascribed) > Post Emancipation (limited mobility) > Post Second World War (beginning of achieved status) > Post Independence (achieved status, open system)
This suggests that the researchers proceed with the research only with the participants’ permission.
Informed Consent
The stigma and taboo assigned to this group in society makes it difficult to find accurate information and statistics to properly conduct a study within the Caribbean.
the LGBTQ+ Community
This theory promotes the principle that education and training will, in future years, increase productivity and raise standards of living.
Human Capital Theory (HCT)
(Post independence, leaders believed that educational investment would also bring economic prosperity to the region.) This belief is supported by HCT
What are the two major means by which creolization occurs?
Acculturation and interculturation.