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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 believed 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 method to human |
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| considered teh most influential American Sociologist; viewed society as a stable, though complex system of interdependent parts, each of which 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 ; synoymous with term "sociological imagination" |
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| basing an understanding on personal values and experiences; human judgement plays a role therefore; biases can & do occur |
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| basing an understanding independent of personal values and experiences; mathematical data is not biased |
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| research conducted to provide solutions to immediate, practical problems |
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| research conducted for the sake of knowledge |
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| system of rules, procedures and principles that guides scienitific investigatio |
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| involves 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 ( cna be positve, negative, or none ) |
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| method used in experimentation that helps elimate extraneous cause to a relationship between 2 variables |
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| entire group of people the researcher is focused on studying ( single mothers, men age 21, etc ) |
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| subjects 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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| shared ideas held collectively by people within a given culture |
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| Counterculture Subculture |
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| created as a reaction against the values of the dominant culture |
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| ( also known as social capital ) cultural resources that are socially designated as being worthy ( such as knowledge of elite culture) and that give advantages to groups possessing such capital |
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| the transmission of cultural elements from one society or culture group to another |
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| the pervasive and excessive influence of one culture throughout society |
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| the idea that something can be understood and judged only in relationship to the cultural context in which it appears |
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| the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society |
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| the delay in cultural adjustments to changing social conditions |
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| the feeling of disorientation that can come when one encounters a new or rapidly changed cultural situation |
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| the culture of the most powerful group in society |
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| the belief that one's in- group is superior to all out- groups |
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| a technigue for studying human interaction by deliberately disrupting social norms and observing how individuals attempt to restore normalcy |
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| the general standards of behavior adhered to by a group |
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| specific schemes of interpretation that allow people to perceive, identify, and label events within their lives that can become the basis for collective action |
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| the diffusion of a single culture throughout the world |
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| a condition wherein the individual's behavior is guided by internal principles and morals |
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| a set of symbols and rules that, when put together in a meaningful way, provides a complex communication system |
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| the written set of guidelines that define what is right and wrong in society |
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| channels of communication that are available to very wide segments of the population |
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