What is Sociology???
(The Basics)
(The Basics)
This field studies the relationship between individuals and society.
Sociology
This level of analysis looks at large-scale social structures like the economy or education system.
Macro-Level Analysis
This theory views society as a system with parts working together like organs in the body.
Fucntionalism
The 6 step systematic process used to ask questions, collect data, and test ideas in sociology is called
Scientific Method
In an early draft of the movie Back to the Future, instead of a DeLorean, Doc Brown converts which of the following into a time machine?
Refrigerator
This concept connects personal experiences to larger social forces.
Sociological Imagination
This level of analysis focuses on small groups and face-to-face interactions.
Micro-Level Analysis
This theory focuses on inequality, power, and competition for resources.
Conflict Theory
A testable, educated guess about the relationship between variables.
Hypothesis
Sternutation is a formal word for what bodily function that can happen as fast as 100 miles per hour?
Sneezing
Repeated behaviors, values, or beliefs within a culture are called this.
Cultural Pattern
Studying how economic inequality affects access to college uses this level of analysis
Macro-Level
This theory emphasizes shared meanings, symbols, and daily interactions.
Symbolic Interactionism
The variable that is changed or manipulated in a study.
Independent Variable
What artist holds the record for the most watched Super Bowl Halftime?
Kendrick Lamar
Large, organized systems that meet society’s basic needs, like education or government, are called this
Social Institution
Observing how students interact in a classroom uses this level of analysis
Micro-Level
Within Functionalism, this is the term for the intended and obvious purpose of something in society.
Mainfest Function
Rules that protect participants and ensure responsible research are called
Ethics / Code of Ethics
What is the name of the fictional town in which the book/movie IT is set in?
Derry (in Maine)
(You do not need to know this specifically for the test)
Who was the sociologist who created Functionalism?
Émile Durkheim
Symbolic Interaction uses what level of analysis?
Micro-Level
Within Functionalism, an unintended or hidden result of something in society, like making friends at work.
Latent Function
When designing studies, what THREE factors must you consider?
Reliability, Accuracy, and Validity.
An ad executive developed what product in the 1970s after watching his son read a cereal box while eating?
A McDonald's Happy Meal