FOUNDATIONS
VOCABULARY
PERSPECTIVE
INVESTIGATION
WILD CARD
100
The systematic study of society
What is SOCIOLOGY
100
A statement of possible correlation between variables
What is a HYPOTHESIS
100
The study of the larger world and our society's place in it.
What is GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
100
A variable that changes
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE
100
A change in a subjects behavior caused by the awareness of being studied.
What is the HAWTHORNE EFFECT
200
Coined the Term "Sociology" in 1838
Who is Auguste Comte
200
The variable that causes change
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE
200
A view of sociology that sees the general patterns of society in everyday life
What is SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
200

A research method for investigating cause and effect in a highly controlled environment

What is AN EXPERIMENT

200
The study of sociology that focuses on the need for social change
What is CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY
300
The perfect storm which gave birth to Sociology.
What is INDUSTRIALIZATION, GROWTH OF CITIES, POLITICAL CHANGE
300
A way of understanding society based on science.
What is POSITIVISM
300
Approach that explores how social structures work together to operate.
What is STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONAL APPROACH
300
A relationship when a change in one variable causes a change in another
What is CAUSE AND EFFECT
300
To hold constant all of the variables except one in a study to see clearly the effect of that variable.
What is to CONTROL
400
The corners of life that I occupy in society and history.
What is SOCIAL LOCATION.
400
A systematic plan for doing research
What is a RESEARCH METHOD
400
Theory that claims society is in a state of perpetual conflict and competition for limited resources.
What is SOCIAL CONFLICT THEORY
400
A relationship when two or more variables change together
What is a CORRELATION
400
Part of a population that represents the whole.
What is a SAMPLE
500
Understanding o the relationship between history, society and me.
What is SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
500
A statement of how and why specific facts are related.
What is a THEORY
500
Coined the term Sociological Imagination.
Who is C. Wright Mills
500
An apparent but false relationship between two or more variables that is caused by some other variable.
What is a SPURIOUS CORRELATION
500
Approach to sociological research that doesn't just observe but also asks WHY. Uses thoughts and feelings.
What is INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY