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| An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society. Step outside your box...not about me, but about us... |
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| The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change. Astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. |
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| The study of various aspects of human society. The social sciences include sociology, anthropology, economics, history, psychology, and political science. |
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| What our theories and opinions typically come from...Our experiences and conversations, from what we read and see on television. While sometimes accurate, it is not always reliable, because it rests on commonly held beliefs rather than on systematic analysis of facts. |
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| A set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior. |
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| Functionalist Perspective |
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| Emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability....example of your hand and one finger gets a paper cut...when one thing falls apart, everything else is affected. |
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| Functionalist Perspective |
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| Emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability....each part of the organism contributes to its survival...example of your hand and one finger gets a paper cut...when one thing falls apart, everything else is affected. Talcott Parsons |
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| Something you set out to have happen. Intentional consequeces of an aspect of society. |
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| Unconscious or unintended functions and may reflect hidden purposes of an institution. |
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| Conflict perspective/theory |
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| Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups. Such conflict need not be violent; it can take the form of labor negotiations, ect. Tension between 2 groups:...Bourgeosie and Proletariat |
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| The poeple with power...They have it all, including control...the CEO's of companies, the instructors of a class, ect. |
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| The people with no power...The "have not" people. They have no control, they're exploited...the workers for a company...the students in a class...ect. |
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| The systematic study of social beharior and human groups |
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| Refers to the body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. |
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| Studied suicide and developed a theory to explain how individual behavior can be understood within a social context. |
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| Coined the term 'sociology' to apply to the science of human behavior. |
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| Her writings emphasized the impact that the ecomony, las, trade, and population could have on the social problems of contemporary society. |
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| Applied the concept of evolution of the species to societies in order to explain how they change, or evolve, over time. |
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| He pointed out that we cannot analyze much of our social behavior by the same criteria we use to measure weight or temperature. To fully comprehend beharior, we must learn the subjective meanings people attach to their actions -- how they themselves view and explain their behavior. |
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| The german word for "understanding" or "insight". Max Weber taught his students they should employ verstehen in their intellectual work. |
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| A key conceptual tool that Max Weber came up with. Its a construct, a made up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. |
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| In his analysis, society was fundamentally divided between classes that clash in pursuit of their oen class interests. He emphasized group identification and associations that influence an individual's place in society. He spent most of his life in exile from him native Germany. |
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| Sociology builds of the firm foundation developed by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx. |
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| His work increased our understanding of groups of relatively small size. |
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| A pioneering female sociologist commonly combined intellectual inquiry, social service work, and political activism -- all with the goal of assisting the underpriviled. |
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| Sociologist who made an important contribution to the field by successfully combining theory and research. Also made a distinction between manifest and latent functions. |
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| A sociologist who was a key figure in the development of functionalist theory. |
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| Interactionist perspective |
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| Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole. |
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| Widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective. His sociological analysis often focused on human interactions within one-to-one situations and small groups. |
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| Types of symbolic interaction which can include many other gestures, facial expressions, and postures. |
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| Views inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization. |
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| A systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem. |
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| An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to assess the concept. |
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| A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors know as variables. |
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| A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions. |
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| The variable hypothesized to cause or influence another. |
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| Because its action "depends" on the influence of the independent variable. |
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| Involves the relationship bewteen a condition or variable and a particular consequnce, with one event influencing the other. |
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| Exists when a change in one variable coincides with a change in the other. |
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| A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population. |
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| Every member of an entire popuation being studied has the same chance of being selected. |
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| Refers to the degree to which a measure or scale truly reflects the phenomenon under study. |
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| Refers to the extent to which a measure produces consistent results. |
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| A factor held constant to test the relative impact of the independent variable. |
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| A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically. |
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| A study, generally inthe form of an interview or questionaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act. 2 forms: interview and questionnare. |
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| A researcher obtains information through face-to-face or telephone questioning. |
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| Uses a printed or written form to obtain information from a respondent. |
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| Scientists collect and report data primarily in numerical form. |
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| Relies on what scientists see in field and naturalistic settings. |
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| Investigators who collect information through direct participation and/or closely watching a group or community under study. |
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| Efforts to describe an entire social setting through extended, systematic observation. |
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| Artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables. |
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| exposed to an independent variable |
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| Not exposed to an independent variable. |
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| Refers to subjects of research who deviate from their typical behavior because they realize that they are under observation. |
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| Refers to a variety of research techniques that make use of previously collected and publicly accessible information and data. |
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| The systematic coding and objective recording of data, guided by some rationale. |
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| Certain specific standards in conducting research that sociologists much abide by. |
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| The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations. |
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| Dedicatied to altering social relationships (as in family therapy) or to restructuring social institutions (as in the reorganization of a medican center). |
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