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Cards in this set: Term society Definition group of people who share a culture and a territory Term sociological perspective Definition a view that supports objectivity, not based on your personal beliefs, through evaluating Term social location Definition where someone is located in the society based on jobs, income, education, gender, race, sex, ethnicity Term science Definition requires development of theories that can be tested by research Term sociology Definition the study of society Term positivism Definition idea of applying the scientific method to the social world Term Auguste Comte Definition founder of sociology. Studied the bases of the social order. Firm believer in scientific method being used for sociology but never used it himself. Term Herbert Spencer Definition 2nd founder of Sociology. Coined term, "survival of the fittest". Believed helping the poor helped the less "fit" to survive. Term class conflict Definition tension associated with groups from different social classes Term Karl Marx Definition believed that the proletariat would overthrow the capitalists at some point. Was not actually a sociologist but has influenced others. Term Emile Durkheim Definition compared suicide rates to weak communities. If the person looses ties to their communities, they are more likely to commit suicide. Term social integration Definition degree to which people are tied to their social group Term Max Weber Definition used cross-cultural and historical materials to trace the causes of social change and how social groups affect people's orientations to life Term Harriet Martineau Definition liked social reform. Started reading Comte and became an advocate for the abolition of slavery, traveled widely and wrote extensive analyses of social life Term Jane Addams Definition received Nobel Peace Prize by working on behalf of poor immigrants. She founded Hull-House in Chicago to help immigrants. leader in women's rights and peace movement of World War I. Term W.E.B. Du Bois Definition studied relations between African Americans and whites. combined the role of academic sociologist with that of social reformer. Edited an influential journal "Crisis". Term applied sociology Definition using sociology to solve problems Term C. Wright Mills Definition controversial because he analyzed the role of the power elite in US society. He has been taken for granted by many for his work. Term theory Definition general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work Term symbolic interaction Definition the idea that individuals evaluate their own conduct by comparing themselves with others Term functional analysis Definition society is a whole unit which is made up of interrelated parts that work together. AKA: functionalism or structural functionalsim Term conflict theory Definition the idea that classes will always be in conflict because they are different Term macro level Definition big picture Term micro level Definition small picture Term social interaction Definition what people do when they are in one another's presence. Term nonverbal interaction Definition the use of gestures, silence, use of space, and so on without talking and making noise. Term hypothesis Definition a statement of what you expect to find according to predictions that are based on theory Term variables Definition factors that vary or change from one person or situation to another Term operational definitions Definition demonstration of a process Term research method Definition the means by which you collect your data Term validity Definition your operational definitions must measure what they are intended to measure Term reliability Definition if other researchers use your operational definitions, their findings will be consistent with yours Term survey Definition asking people a series of questions Term population Definition target group that you are going to study Term sample Definition individuals from among your target population Term random sample Definition your population has the same chance of being included in the study Term respondents Definition people who respond to a survey Term participant observation Definition aka fieldwork: researcher participates in a research setting while observing what is happening in that setting Term secondary analysis Definition analyze the data that someone else has already collected Term independent variable Definition something that causes a change in another variable Term dependent variable Definition variable that might change