Culture
The name of the simulation played in class.
Barnga
This is Dr. Prince's tendency (from the Four Tendencies inventory)
Rebel
Allan Johnson no longer plays this game, because he does not like the way he behaves when it plays it.
Monopoly
This theoretical perspective views society as a composition of groups fiercely competing for scarce resources.
Conflict
A systematic method of inquiry; a way of learning and knowing things about the
world around us.
Includes all objects and ideas within a society.
Culture
The systematic or scientific study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.
Sociology
A process of separation and containment of healthy individuals from the perceived risk (or threat) of their surroundings
inverted quarantine
Social cohesion based upon the dependence individuals have on each other.
organic solidarity
This type of research is designed to address a specific concern or to offer solutions to a problem.
Applied
The foundation of every culture.
Language
Refers to the set of work commonly accepted as defining key aspects of the discipline.
The canon
In "The Sociology of Christmas Cards," Sheila Johnson states that the act of sending Christmas cards places the sender firmly in this social class.
middle
Herbert Blumer, Charles H. Cooley, Erving Goffman, and George Herbert Mead are all theorists from this theoretical perspective.
Symbolic Interactionism
This individual cited the ASA Code of Ethics, and went to jail, for refusing to breach the confidentiality of his research subjects.
Rik Scarce
An organized social unit of people who interact within a defined territory and share a way of living.
Society
Problems experienced by large numbers of people and have their cause in social structure beyond particular individuals.
Public issues
According Durkheim, "suicide varies inversely with the degree of ________ of social groups of which the individual forms a part."
integration
Lack of group solidarity contributes to this concept, which is a state of normlessness following rapid social change due to a lack of rules or rules that are too rigid.
anomie
Plagiarism is an example of this concept.
scientific misconduct
cultural universals
An approach to understanding human behavior by placing it within a broader social context.
Sociological Imagination
For even the best non-government surveys, the refusal rate can reach ____ percent or more, and it can be far larger in the case of poorly executed surveys.
Attending school to obtain an education is an example of this type of function.
manifest
The most important consideration in research ethics.
No harm to research subjects.