Sociology 103
Research methods V
Research methods VI
Famous Sociologists and Theories
Racial inequality and Economic Systems
100

 Sociology is the scientific study of __________and ___________________

 Society and human behavior

100

______________ is the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation.

Positivism

100

____________ means you get the same result each time. And  _____________ means the test measures what it is intended to measure.

Reliability

Validity

100

Karl Marx Focused on what question

"What does it mean to be free?"

100

________________  is a government where production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Socialism

200

Sociologists look for the general in the ________________ and the ______________ in the familiar.

Particular; Strange

200

When you define terms in detail to  make sure you and your audience agree on what those concepts mean = ______________  ________________.

Operational definition

200

The _____________variable is the one that you are measuring.

Dependent

200

___________________ is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Capitalism

200

___________________ is a political and economic doctrine where the GOVERNMENT owns properties



Communism

300

 This Paradigm declares that the social world is therefore constructed by the meanings that individuals attach to events and social interactions, and these symbols are transmitted across the generations through language

a)Structural Functionalism

b)Conflict Theory

c)Symbolic Interactionism

c)Symbolic Interactionism

300

Originally thought by Max Weber, ___________   __________  is the study of society that focuses on the meaning people attach to their social world.

Interpretative Sociology

300

Correlation DOES NOT equal

Causation

300

 ______________________ is  the mind-set emphasizing knowledge, reason, and planning.

Rationalization

300

Racial Formation highlights the way “race” is socially constructed through ________________,   __________________ , and _________________ forces.

Social, political and economic

400
  1. In Structural Functionalism what are the two functions

a _______________   functions which are intended 

b. _______________ functions which are  unintended 

Manifest

Latent

400

______________    ______________ is the study of society that focuses on the need for change

Critical Sociology

400

The Hawthorne effect is how people act _____________ when they know they are being  _____________.

Differently; Watched

400

W.E.B. Du Bois believed that social change could be accomplished only through ____________________ and _______________________ .

agitation and protest

400

____________________   ______________ is he vicious cycle of inequality caused by racial formation.

Systematic Racism

500

                         *Daily Double*

1.Which paradigm emphasizes that groups and societies compete as they attempt to preserve and promote their own special values and interests?

a) Symbolic Interactionism

b) Conflict theory

c) Structural Functionalism

Conflict theory  

500

Quantitative research is the study of observable relationships in the world using _____________ or __________ methods.

Statistical or Mathematical 

500

Qualitative data illustrates or characterizes.  What are three ways of gathering this type of information? __________________    ___________________ and ____________________

Interviews, surveys, and First-hand experiences 

500
  1.  Emile Durkheim theorized that the _____________   _______________ is the collection of all beliefs, morals, and ideas in a given society.

Common consciousness

500


Which The elements of  systematic racism Are:

1. Hunger, poor living conditions, and poor health

2. Lack of education

3. Lack of opportunity

4. ____   __________

Low income