Sociologist
Name one sociologist of the 18th century.(In the first chapter)
Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.
Why should sociologist be ethical in their work.
To make sure their experiments. and research don’t cause harm to the subjects.
What are Surveys?
Survey collect data from subjects who respond to a series of questions bout behaviors and opinions.
Is music a cutural universal?
Yes
What is sociology.
The systematic study of society and social interaction.
What did Auguste Comte believe in Sociologist to do.
He believed that social scientists should work in the betterment of society.
Why must sociologist practice value neutrality.
To make sure they’re not biased in their research.
What is field research?
Refers to gathering primary data from natural environment.
What is the significance of language and symbols?
A form in which people communicate and which culture is transmitted.
What is culture?
Groups shared practices, beliefs, and values.
Which American sociologist played a substantial role in pushing rights for black people?
W.E.B. Du Bois
(True of false) Interpretive research is about formulating a hypothesis and testing it.
False
Participants Observation is
When a researcher immerses herself in a group or social eating in order to make observations from an “insider” perspective
What is the difference between culture and society.
Culture is a group shared practices, values, and beliefs. While society is the area that these people interact in who share a common culture.
Casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to.
Informal Norms
Who was the first official sociology professor
Emile Durkheim
What is the Second to last step of the scientific method.
Draw conclusions
Qualitative Data is
Non-numerical, descriptive data
How do functionalist view society.
Functionalist view society as a system in which all parts work together to make up a society.
what is a paradigm?
Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
Who wrote the first book with Sociology in the title.
Herbert Spencer
What does critical Sociology focus on.
Critical Sociology focuses on deconstruction of existing sociological research and theory.
Ethnography is what
Participating and observing thinking and behavior in a social setting
Social institutions are
Military, criminal justice, and healthcare systems, public schools.
A technique sociologists use in which they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance.
Dramaturgical analysis