What is Sociology
The Six Social Sciences
Social Location & Patterns
Sociological Thinking
Theoretical Perspectives
100

This social science studies group behavior and society

What is sociology?

100

The study of past people and events

What is history?

100

A combination of factors like race, gender, class, and age

What is social location?

100

Sociology studies behavior at this level

What is the group level?

100

Perspective that sees society as interrelated parts

What is functionalism?

200

Sociology focuses on groups rather than this

What is the individual?

200

The social science that studies individuals and mental processes

What is psychology?

200

Sociologists believe this influences behavior

What is social location?

200

Studying large-scale systems like the economy

What is macrosociology?

200

Perspective focused on competition, power, and inequality

What is conflict theory?

300

Observable facts or patterns involving human society

 What are social phenomena?

300

The study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods

What is economics?

300

Higher rates of violent crime and suicide are patterns linked to this group

Who are males?

300

Studying everyday interactions and face-to-face behavior

What is microsociology?

300

Perspective focused on everyday interactions

What is interactionism?

400

The perspective that looks for patterns in group behavior

What is the sociological perspective?

400

The comparative study of past and present cultures

What is anthropology?

400

A pattern sociologists observe among young Americans under 40

What is getting tattoos?

400

Looking beyond common beliefs to hidden meanings

What is the sociological perspective?

400

Intended and recognized consequences of institutions

What are manifest functions?

500

The ability to connect personal life experiences to society

What is the sociological imagination?

500

The study of government and political systems

What is political science?

500

A geographic region with higher suicide rates

What is the western United States?

500

The experiment that showed people conform to group pressure

What is the Asch Experiment?

500

 Unintended and unrecognized consequences of institutions

What are latent functions?