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| perspective generalizes about everyday forms of social interactions in order to understand society as a whole. |
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| regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective. |
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| a sociological framework in which human beings are seen to be living in a world of meaningful objects. |
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refers to an element or process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or reduce its stability.
Robert Merton was the first to make the important distinction between manifest and latent functions |
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| functions of institutions are open, stated, conscious functions; they involve the intended, recognized consequences of an aspect of society |
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| unconscious or unintended functions that may reflect hidden purposes of an institution. |
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| Three major social changes that took place in the 17th & 18th centuries that are important to the development of sociology. |
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Rise of Industrial Technology
Growth of cities
Political Change |
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| a system of thought in which accurate observation & description is considered to be the highest form of knowledge |
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| The Enlightenment was characterized by faith in the ability of human reason to solve societal problems |
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| a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variables. |
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| concepts whose value changes from case to case. |
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| variable hypothesized to cause or influence the other variable. |
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| depends” on the influence of the independent variable. |
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| factors that are held constant to test the relative impact of the independent variable. |
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| extent to which a measure produces consistent results. |
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| refers to the degree to which a measure or scale truly reflects the phenomenon under study. |
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| to a variety of research techniques that make use of previously collected and publicly accessible information and data. |
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