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a systematic approach to thinking about studying and understanding society, human social behavior and social groups
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| coined the term "sociology"; he's considered the founder of sociology |
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| a conflict theorist who beloeved that conflict was usually a result of economy: result of conflict is change in society |
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| theorist who believed that societies were held together by common values/beliefs;looked at contribution of parts of a society and its impact on the whole; He did the 1st studies on suicide and was the 1st to apply the scientific mehtos to humans. |
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| considered the most influential American Sociologist; views society as a stable, though complex system of interdependent parts, each if wgucg performed a function important to the system. |
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| an influential American Sociologist; his theories about the power elite set the stage for research on the American power structure; synonymouus with term "socialogical imagination". |
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| basing an understanding on personal values and experiences; human judgment plays a role therefore; biases can & do occur. |
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| basing an understanding independant of personal values and experiences; mathmatical data is not biased. |
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| research conducted to provide solutions to emmediate, practicle problems. |
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| research conducted for the sake of knowelege. |
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| systems of rules, procedures and principlels that guide scientific investigation. |
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| involving direct observance using the senses (sight,hearing). |
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| any characteristic that can change or differ from time to time, person to person or place to place. |
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| when one variable has an influence on another. |
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| determining the relationship between two variables (can be positive, negative, or none). |
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| methos used in experimentation that helps eliminate extraneous cause to a relationship between 2 Variables. |
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| entire groups of people the researcher is focused on studying (single mothers, men age 21, etc). |
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| subjusts chosen in a way that allows every member of the population an equal chance of being selected for the sample (should be a representative sample). |
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| a principle used by Max Weber that means empathetic understanding; |
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