Major Sociologists
This person thought that class consciousness among the working class was key to building a better society.
Karl Marx
This word refers to a large-scale point of view.
Macro
Data based on numbers is known as this.
Quantitative data
Access to air conditioners, electricity, and cars are part of this category of culture.
Material culture
According to Goffman, our true feelings and beliefs make up this part of us.
Backstage
This African American thinker developed the term "double consciousness."
W.E.B. DuBois
Suicide bombers feel high levels of solidarity, so their suicides fit this category.
Altruistic suicide
This relationship between variables is not the same as causation.
Correlation
If my boss at work frowns at me and says my outfit is too informal, he is shaping my behavior via this.
Sanction
When I talk to a student after class, we are at this level of distance.
Personal distance
This person developed the theory of dramaturgy.
Erving Goffman
If I own a large company, conflict theorists would say I am part of this social class.
Bourgeouisie
When I survey the same people every year for 10 years, I am performing this type of research.
Longitudinal study
If I think Italian culture is superior to American culture, I am showing this trait.
Xenocentrism
When I embarrass myself by saying something wrong, I may engage in humor, anger, or retreat, which are the three types of this.
Face-saving work
This person opened the Hull House in Chicago as a way to live among and help impoverished people.
Jane Addams
If I believe that disputes in society arise when we understand symbols differently, I am aligned with this paradigm.
Symbolic Interactionism
If I analyze common themes in newspaper articles about racism, I have performed this type of research.
Content Analysis
Even when self-driving cars become practical, people may be hesitant to adopt them. That hesitation is an example of this trend.
Cultural lag
This may occur when my professors expect more than I can possibly complete in my role as a student.
Role strain
This person started the theory of symbolic interactionism in his book, "Mind, Self, and Society."
George Herbert Mead
If I feel insecure because of the pandemic, and I kill myself, I have committed this type of suicide.
Anomic suicide
If I stand outside a café to recruit survey participants, my sample may be inaccurate because of this effect.
Selection effect
Food from Taco Bell tastes predictably the same all over the country. As a conflict theorist, I see such predictability as an effect of this process.
McDonaldization
The mass production of fabric and steel was part of this stage of society.
Industrial society