Theorists
Who made General Study of Literary Remains?
Ma Tuan-Lin wrote this encyclopedia
What is the Hawthorne effect?
This occurs when people change their behavior because they know they are being watched
What is culture?
This is comprised of shared values, beliefs, norms, rules, and languages
What are paradigms?
These are philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
Who maintains a code of ethics?
The American Sociological Association (ASA) maintains this
Who published The Study of Sociology
Herbert Spencer published this
What occurs in an experiment?
Researchers investigate relationships to test a hypothesis
What is popular culture?
This culture refers to the pattern of cultural experiences.
What are examples of social institutions?
Government, education, family, healthcare, religion, and the economy.
What made the Tuskegee Experiment unethical?
This study did not tell participants their diagnosis.
Who are the six early major European theorists
Harriet Martieau, August Comte, Herbert Spencer, Georg Simmel. Emile Durkheim, Max Weber
What is secondary data analysis?
This is analyzing data that is the completed work of other researchers
What is ethnocentrism?
Judging and evaluating another culture based on one’s own cultural norms.
Who is a structural functionalist.
Robert Mertin had this paradigm
What was unethical about the Miligram Experiement
This study caused extreme emotional distress
Who studied social solidarity?
Emile Durkheim studied this
What is nonreactive research?
This research does not involve direct contact with subjects
Why do cultures continuously change?
New items are added to material cultures everyday
What did Emilie Durkheim apply to Spencer’s theory?
To explain how societies change and survive over time
What was the Stanford prison experiment?
Students were put in the roles of prisoners and guards, and were required to play their assigned tole accordingly.
The 1896-1897 study of the African American community in Philadelphia.
This is the study by W. E. B. Du Bois that was groundbreaking.
What is a population?
What are norms?
These are behaviors that reflect compliance with what cultures and societies have defined as good, right, and important
What is functionalism?
What is value neutrality?
This is a practice of remaining impartial.