Theorists
Theorist that influenced early sociologists including Émile Durkheim
Who is Auguste Comte?
Research that involves collecting numerical data and statistics.
What is quantitive data?
Beliefs that society hold to be true and important.
What are values?
To protect personal information and to keep individuals identities private.
What is confidentiality?
How people‘s daily interactions create the social world
What is symbolic interactionism?
Theorist who was an unemployed college graduate, before he began to study the economy through a “social lense”
Who is Thorstein Veblen ?
Term that refers to a testable statement between 2 or more variables.
What is a hypothesis?
A system that allows people to communicate with one another.
What is language?
The principle that ensures that the individuals involved are fully aware of the study and any potential risks before agreeing to take part.
What is informed consent?
Argues that the rich and the poor are always in competition.
What is conflict theory?
wrote the book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Who is Max Weber
Research method that uses openended observations to understand social phenomenons better.
What is qualitative research?
Process of which an individual learns values, behavior, and social skills for their society.
What is socialization?
This principle emphasizes that researchers must conduct studies with honesty and transparency.
What is integrity?
Focuses on how people interact and communicate using language and gestures.
What is symbolic interactionism?
held the first professorship in sociology (Yale University)
Who is Émile Durkheim ?
involves a series of six prescribed steps that have been established over centuries of scientific scholarship.
What is the scientific method?
The spread of cultural traits from one society to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
Unethical practice of plagiarizing another persons‘ work, not giving credit.
What is plagiarism?
This paradigm sees society as a system where all parts work together to keep things stable.
what is structural functionalism?
the theorist that was an early analyst of social practices and women‘s rights.
Who is Harriet Martineau?
Bias that occurs when researchers unintentionally influence their results due to their own beliefs.
What is researcher bias?
A society that includes different culture groups that has different beliefs and practices.
What is multiculturalism?
The influence of sponsors/funding bodies on research outcomes, leading to biased findings
What is conflict of interest?
The problem in this theory tends to justify inequality
What is Functionalism?