Theorist who coined the term "Sociology," and is sometimes considered the "father of Sociology.“
Who is August Comte?
100
Consequences of a social activity of which the participants are unaware.
What are Latent functions?
100
Theoretical approach that emphasizes the symbolic nature of interaction, especially through language
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
100
IV: Gender
DV: Income
Control: Occupation
Direction: None.
Hypothesis: ?
(varies)
100
method in which the researcher takes part in the activities of the group or community being studied
What is Participant observation?
200
Believed that the ideas or values that human beings hold are the main sources of social change
What did Emile Durkheim believed to be the major sources of social change?
200
relationships in which two variables have no direct causal connection, although it looks like they do.
What are Spurious relationships?
200
Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources.
What are the assumptions of Conflict Theory?
200
Hypothesis: As study time increases, the likelihood of earning a higher grade also increases.
IV:
DV:
Control:
Direction:
IV: Study time
DV: Grades
Control: None
Direction: Positive
200
Method in which variables are analyzed in a controlled and systematic way often in an artificial situation constructed by the researcher or in naturally occurring settings.
What is Experiments?
300
Argued that It is not the ideas and values of human beings that serve as main sources of social change, rather, it is the material (or economic) factors that have the prime role in determining historical change
What did Karl Marx argue to be major sources of social change?
300
Organizations marked by a clear hierarchy of authority and the existence of written rules of procedure and staffed by full-time, salaried officials.
What is a Bureucracy?
300
Sees gender relations and inequality as key to social life in institutions such as the family, workplaces, the educational system, etc.
How does Feminism see gender relations?
300
Hypothesis: States with strong institutions of higher education also have a population who earn higher levels of income.
IV:
DV:
Control:
Direction:
IV: strength of institutions of higher education
DV: income of the population
Control: None
Direction: Positive
300
Method of research in which questionnaires are administered to the population being studies
What is Survey methods?
400
Viewed society as a set of independent parts, each part contributing to the sustenance of society as a whole.
How did Emile Durkheim view society?
400
The capability of groups or individuals to make their own concerns or interests count, even when others resist
What is Power?
400
Theoretical perspective based on the notion that social events can be explained in terms of the functions they perform
What is Functionalism?
400
IV: # of hours doing physical activity
DV: Health
Control: None
Direction: Positive
Hypothesis: ?
(varies)
400
The use of multiple research methods as a way of producing more reliable empirical data than is available from any single method.
What is Triangulation?
500
Insisted that values, ideas, and meaning played equally important roles in society as economic factors did
Max Weber
500
The specialization of work tasks, by means of which different occupations are combined within a production system.
What is the division of labor?
500
Society is characterized by division and class conflict over scarce or valued material resources
Conflict theory - Marxism
500
As temperature increases, the amount of clothes people wear decreases.
IV:
DV:
Control:
Direction:
IV: Temperature
DV: Amount of clothes
Control: None
Direction: Negative
500
May be superficial and not account for important differences between respondents.