Sociological Perspectives
While both fields study human behavior, this type of scientist focuses on the "outside-in" approach, examining how social institutions and cultural norms shape individual actions.
What is a Sociologist?
In the scientific method, this is the very first step a researcher must take before beginning their study.
What is Ask a Question?
Sociologically, this term describes a group of people living in a definable community who share the same cultural components.
What is a Society?
This term refers to the hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against women.
What is Misogyny?
A professor stopping a lecture to scold a student for cell phone use is an example of this type of social control.
What is an Informal Negative Sanction?
This theory argues that gender inequality is a result of the division of labor within the family and the economy.
What is Functionalism?
To test a hypothesis, the experimental method investigates relationships between these types of variables.
What is Independent/Dependent variables?
This is the characteristic of a "closed" caste system where individuals are born into their status.
What is people cannot change their social standing?
This type of systemic racism involves the singling out of racial minorities for harsher treatment by authorities.
What is Racial Profiling?
This type of poverty is defined as living without basic necessities like clean water or safe housing.
What is Extreme (or Absolute) Poverty?
This 19th-century theorist believed religion serves to bind people together, promote consistency, and offer strength during life’s transitions.
Who is Émile Durkheim?
When asking questions about behaviors or opinions, researchers use these two primary tools to collect data.
What are Questionnaires and Interviews (Surveys)?
This bureaucratic feature describes a chain of command where every office is in charge of another.
What is Hierarchy of Authority?
Sociologists use this term to describe society's concepts of how men and women are expected to act.
What are Gender Roles?
The first economies began to develop when humans achieved this agricultural milestone.
What is growing crops and domesticating animals?
This "super" theory by Karl Marx suggests that society is built upon a foundation of economic "base" and cultural "superstructure."
What is Conflict Theory?
This is the specific number of steps traditionally found in the Scientific Method.
What is 6?
Unlike coercive or utilitarian groups, this type of formal organization is voluntary and based on shared interests.
What is a Normative Organization?
This landmark American war led to Black men gaining the right to vote via the 15th Amendment.
What is the Civil War?
Using Facebook to post only photos that match your "ideal self" is an example of this sociological concept.
What is the Social Construction of Reality?
This perspective views society as a struggle between two groups competing for power and resources, often driven by emotion or strategy
What is Conflict Theory?
This type of social movement is defined as collective action by individuals trying to establish new norms or values.
What is a Reform Movement?
Max Weber used this term for a society built around logic and efficiency rather than morality and tradition.
What is Rationalism (or Rationalization)?
This term describes the capacity for sexual feelings, which sociologists study as a social and biological construct.
What is Sexuality?
In the U.S., a "first-generation college student" is a prime example of this type of movement between social classes.
What is Upward Social Mobility?