Origins of Sociology
What is social dynamics?
What is bourgeoisie?
A set of assumptions about an area of study accepted as true
What is theoretical perspective?
Approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society
What is conflict perspective?
What is sample?
The study of social stability and order
What is social statics?
The ongoing struggle between the bourgeoisie (owners) and the proletariat (working) classes
What is class conflict?
An approach that emphasizes the contributions made by each part of society
The ability to control the behavior of others
A sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
What is representative sample?
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation
What is positivism?
Social dependency based on a widespread consensus of values and beliefs and dependence on tradition and family
An intended and recognized result of an action
What is manifest functions?
An approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on their mutually understood symbols
What is symbolic interactionism?
A written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
What is questionnaire?
Person who owns or controls the means for producing wealth
What is capitalists?
A mind-set emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning
What is rationalization?
What is dramaturgy?
A survey method in which a trained research asks questions and records the answers
What is interview?
Working class; those who labor for the bourgeoisie
Understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the places of others
What is verstehen?
Negative consequences of an aspect of society
What is dysfunction?
A group of people with certain specific characteristics
What is population?
Questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses
What is closed-ended questions?