Letters beginning with Q
The sociologist who introduced Communism
A type of study that includes a series of questions
Survey
When a portion of the population is interviewed, rather than everybody
Representative Sample
The main concept introduced by Auguste Comte
Positivism
Refers to language, norms, values, beliefs, knowledge, symbols, and physical objects that are shared by members of a society or group.
Culture
The sociologist who co-founded Hull House
Jane Addams
A type of study that requires the researcher to become a member of the group they are studying
Participant Observation
A type of research that gathers numerical data
Quantitative research
Approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on their mutually understood symbols.
Symbolic interactionism
Marx's class that owns the means for producing wealth
Bourgeoisie
The sociologist that founded the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
A type of study that occurs in a natural setting
Field Research
A type of research that gathers narrative and descriptive data
Qualitative Research
Refers to the interdependence among parts in a social system
Functional Integration
Another name for the bourgeoisie
Capitalist
The sociologist that received a doctorate from Harvard
WEB Du Bois
Intensive study of a single group, incident, or community
Case Study
The process a researcher must use to come to a conclusion
Scientific method of research
Pattern of social behavior in a group or society
Social Structure
The working class in Karl Marx's class hierarchy
Proletariat
The father of sociology
Auguste Comte
A type of research that includes reading the work that someone else has already done
Secondary analysis
Who created the idea of social dynamics?
Auguste Comte
Ability of one party to get other parties to do its will or to ensure that it will benefit from the actions of other parties
Power
The way in which someone’s actions are coordinated with his or her environment
Social Action