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What is sociology?
the study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions, from small and personal groups to very large groups.
What did Emilie Durkheim study?
Suicide rates among different groups
Difference between quantitative and qualitative sociology?
quantitative involves measurable events qualitative is more subjective
give an example of a latent function of a social process
answers will vary
Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
a large survey
Who is the "father" of sociology?
Augste Compt
verstehen is a German word that means_____
to understand
the three sociological paradigms are ____________
conflict theory, functionalism and symbolic interactionism
answers will vary
The difference between positivism and antipositivism relates to:
B
Comte named the scientific study of social patterns___________
positivism
“W. E. B.” Du Bois was an African American sociologist who founded the _________
NAACP
What is the focus of functionalism
The way each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole
According to functionalism getting a bad grade is an example of
dysfunction
Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level?
D
the opposite of positivism is
antipositivism
The first female sociologist ___________
Harriet Martineau
What is the focus of conflict theory?
The way inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power
feminism is part of which sociological perspective?
Conflict theory
What was criticism of positivism?
You cant objectively study certain aspects of human behavior
i.e emotions
What did Karl Marx predict?
The poor will eventually revolt against capitalism
antipositivism whereby social researchers would strive for ___________as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values.
subjectivity
What is the focus of symbolic interactionism?
One-to-one interactions and communications
C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects individuals.
imagination
Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by:
B