Sociology 103
Sociology is the scientific study of __________and ___________________
Society and human behavior
______________ is the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation.
Positivism
____________ means you get the same result each time. And _____________ means the test measures what it is intended to measure.
Reliability
Validity
Karl Marx Focused on what question
"What does it mean to be free?"
________________ is a government where production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Socialism
Sociologists look for the general in the ________________ and the ______________ in the familiar.
Particular; Strange
When you define terms in detail to make sure you and your audience agree on what those concepts mean = ______________ ________________.
Operational definition
The _____________variable is the one that you are measuring.
Dependent
___________________ is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Capitalism
___________________ is a political and economic doctrine where the GOVERNMENT owns properties
Communism
This Paradigm declares that the social world is therefore constructed by the meanings that individuals attach to events and social interactions, and these symbols are transmitted across the generations through language
a)Structural Functionalism
b)Conflict Theory
c)Symbolic Interactionism
c)Symbolic Interactionism
Originally thought by Max Weber, ___________ __________ is the study of society that focuses on the meaning people attach to their social world.
Interpretative Sociology
Correlation DOES NOT equal
Causation
______________________ is the mind-set emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning.
Rationalization
Racial Formation highlights the way “race” is socially constructed through ________________, __________________ , and _________________ forces.
Social, political and economic
In Structural Functionalism what are the two functions
a _______________ functions which are intended
b. _______________ functions which are unintended
Manifest
Latent
______________ ______________ is the study of society that focuses on the need for change
Critical Sociology
The Hawthorne effect is how people act _____________ when they know they are being _____________.
Differently; Watched
W.E.B. Du Bois believed that social change could be accomplished only through ____________________ and _______________________ .
agitation and protest
____________________ ______________ is he vicious cycle of inequality caused by racial formation.
Systematic Racism
*Daily Double*
1.Which paradigm emphasizes that groups and societies compete as they attempt to preserve and promote their own special values and interests?
a) Symbolic Interactionism
b) Conflict theory
c) Structural Functionalism
Conflict theory
Quantitative research is the study of observable relationships in the world using _____________ or __________ methods.
Statistical or Mathematical
Qualitative data illustrates or characterizes. What are three ways of gathering this type of information? __________________ ___________________ and ____________________
Interviews, surveys, and First-hand experiences
Emile Durkheim theorized that the _____________ _______________ is the collection of all beliefs, morals, and ideas in a given society.
Common consciousness
Which The elements of systematic racism Are:
1. Hunger, poor living conditions, and poor health
2. Lack of education
3. Lack of opportunity
4. ____ __________
Low income