Social Sciences
Sociologists
Research Methods
Vocab Terms
Current Events/People
100
The study of mostly primitive non-literate groups.
What is anthropology?
100
He coined the term Sociology.
Who is August Comte?
100
This method involves watching behavior and taking notes.
What is Observation?
100
A collection of individuals who recognize their membership and their separateness from outsiders.
What is a group?
100
He is the current Vice President of the United States.
Who is Joe Biden?
200
This is the youngest of the social sciences.
What is Sociology?
200
Sociologists who write about the evils of society.
Who are Muckrakers?
200
One could gather the opinions of some people in a group for this method.
What is Sample Survey?
200
An example of this term would be a mob or riot.
What is an Aggregate?
200
This team is currently in first place in the American League Central Division?
Who are the Minnesota Twins?
300
This is the study of individual behavior.
What is psychology?
300
He was the first to devise the case study for research.
Who is Max Weber?
300
This method is useful because it will examine something in depth.
What is the Case Study?
300
A list of questions that the sociologist asks a person being surveyed in an interview situation.
What is a Schedule?
300
Who is the Governor of Minnesota?
Who is Tim Pawlenty?
400
The social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
What is Economics?
400
This person lived with gangs as a participant observer.
Who is Frederic Thrasher?
400
In this method, one group will experience the same conditions as the experimental group.
What is the control group?
400
An example of this term would be a sports team.
What is a group?
400
Who is the Governor of Wisconsin?
Who is Jim Doyle?
500
This is when psychology and sociology are combined.
What is social psychology?
500
He is thought of as the first Professor of Sociology.
Who is Emile Durkheim?
500
This could includes looking at the number of times a word is said on T.V.
What is Content Analysis?
500
The way of life, the shared, learned behaviors of the members of a society.
What is culture?
500
He is the current Pope in the catholic church.
Who is Pope Benedict the XVI?