Sociology 101
Sociology is the scientific study of __________ and ___________________
Society and Human behavior
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation
Positivism
The study of society that focuses on the meaning people attach to their social world.
Interpretive sociology
This sociologist focused on the question “What does it mean to be free?”
Karl Marx
Race is simply a way society categorizes people by traits that society has claimed as ____________
Important
The sociological perspective always focuses on the _________as opposed to the _____________
Group; individual
A systematic plan for gathering and analyzing observations about the world
A Research method
The study of society that focuses on the need for change.
Critical sociology
This sociologist believed that social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest.
W.E.B. Du Bois
______________ highlights the way “race” is socially constructed through social, economic, and political forces.
Racial formation
A society is: a group of people who share a ________________and ___________________
Culture; Territory
When you define terms in detail to make sure you and your audience agree on what those concepts mean that is giving the variable an
Operational Definition
The study of observable relationships in the world using mathematical or statistical methods
Quantitative research
This sociologist believed that society has a Common consciousness. This encompasses all of the beliefs, morals, and ideas in a given society.
Emile Durkheim
It’s a political and economic doctrine where the government owns properties not individuals
Communism
The three Paradigms in sociology are: Structural functionalism, Social interactionalism and ...
Conflict Theory
___________ _________ is when you start with data and then use this information to create a theory of how the world works
Inductive Logic
Interviews, Questionnaires, First-hand observations are three ways to gather this type of data
Qualitative data
This Sociologist believed that each society has social statics(stability and order) and social dynamics (social change).
Comte
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Capitalism
This function states that the social world is therefore constructed by the meanings that individuals attach to events and interactions and these symbols are transmitted across the generations through language.
Symbolic Interactionism
This type of research method uses an existing theory to guide the hypothesis you tests by collecting data.
Deductive Logic
What are the three ways to gather qualitative data?
Interviews, Questionnaires, and First-hand observations
This sociologist believed that the best way to understand people's personal intentions in a groups is to put yourself in their shoes.
Max Weber
A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Socialism