People
Father of Sociology
Auguste Comte
A tendency (either known or unknown) to prefer one thing over another that prevents objectivity.
Bias
Informal research methods, including observation, following social media sites, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and case studies.
Qualitative Research
A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable.
Causation
These things will make Ms. Burgess run. (multiple possible answers)
Rats (rodents of any kind)
spiders
roaches (if it is an insect, it is fair game)
Coined the term looking glass self
Charles Cooley
This type of research is like baking a cake. The results are always consistent
Quantitative Research
Free Space
Free Space
The research variable that is influenced by the independent variable, and the impact can be measured
Dependent Variable
Agreed upon by Mr. Van Kirk and Ms. Burgess to be the best city.
New York
Believed strongly in the conflict theory. (Will accept 2 possible answers.)
Karl Marx
Herbert Spencer
A relationship between two variables in which a change in one coincides with a change in the other
Correlation
A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Independent Variable
A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Hypothesis
What Ms. Marnie was in high school
Valley Girl
Associated with the Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills
Two parts of a hypothesis
Dependent and independent variables
A research method in which investigators systematically observe people. Those being observed are aware they are in an experiment.
Participant Observation
A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process.
Experiment
The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
Validity
Argued that modern society was more complex than primitive societies because they were all similar, shared a common language. Even when people were dissimilar, they relied on each other to make society function.
Emile Durkheim
Research that uses interviews and case studies. Results vary from case to case.
Qualitative
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation.
Naturalistic Obeservation
Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings
Reliability
A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the awareness of being studied.
Hawthorne Effect