Vocab
This vocab term is the scientific and systematic study of groups and group interactions, societies, and social interactions, from small and personal groups to very large groups
Sociology
This vocab term is the study of small groups and individual interactions
Microsociology
This vocab term is the ability to connect personal experience with larger social structures, allowing us to link personal challenges to broader social issues
Sociological Imagination
This person rejected positivism, believed that societies changed as a result of struggle different social classes.
Karl Marx
Researchers want to find out if children from larger families have different social skills compared to those from smaller families. They count the number of siblings and assess social skills through teacher evaluations.
Find the Independent and Dependent variables.
IV: Number of siblings
DV: Social skills
This vocab term is the analysis of trends among and between large groups and societies
Macrosociology
This vocab term is a group of people who live in a defined geographic area, who interact with one another, and who share a common culture
Society
This perspective focuses on the way inequities and inequalities contribute to social, political, and power differences and how they perpetuate power
Conflict Theory
This person thought that societies were either “healthy” or “pathological”.
Emile Durkheim
A study examines whether how often adults exercise each week impacts their reported stress levels. Participants log their weekly exercise sessions and complete a stress questionnaire.
Find the Independent and Dependent variables.
IV: Amount of exercise
DV: Stress levels
This vocab term says that people will change their behavior because they know they are being watched as part of a study
Hawthorne Effect
This vocab term is a group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs
Culture
This perspective focuses on the way each part of society functions together to contribute to the functioning of the whole.
Structural Functionalism
This person emphasized the importance of the influence of culture on human behavior, extending this idea to researchers
Max Weber
During a semester, a school compares student engagement levels between online classes and traditional in-person classes. Engagement is measured by participation rates and assignment completion.
Find Independent and Dependent variables.
IV: Type of class
DV: Participation levels
This vocab term is evidence that comes from direct observation and/or experience
Empirical evidence
This vocab term is research represented in numerical form
Quantitative data
This perspective focuses on the way one-on-one interactions and communications behave
Symbolic Interactionism
This person conducted a huge study of African Americans in Philadelphia to document familial and employment structures and assess the main challenges of the community.
W.E.B Du Bois
A study investigates if teenagers with more friends who smoke are more likely to smoke themselves. The number of friends who smoke is recorded along with each teen’s smoking frequency.
Find Independent and Dependent variables.
IV: Friends who smoke
DV: Smoking frequency
This vocab term seeks to understand social worlds from the point of view of participants, leading to more in-depth knowledge and understanding
Interpretive Framework
This vocab term is results that are subjective, based on what is seen in a natural setting
Qualitative data
This is the name given to the scientific study of social patterns by Auguste Comte
Positivism
This person argued that individual views of oneself is based on their interactions with others.
George Herbert Mead
A researcher studies whether the number of hours students sleep each night affects their test scores. Students report their average sleep hours, and their latest test grades are recorded.
Find independent and dependent variables.
IV: Hours of sleep
DV: Test Scores