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Critical Sociology (Karl's Marx) |
Emphasizes the need for social change |
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Positivist sociology (Durkheim) |
Studies society scientific observation of social behavior |
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Social solidarity (Durkheim) |
Moral consequences of Division of Labor (how ppl bond together) |
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Verstehen (Max Weber) |
Soc should discover the meanings that people attribute to their actions |
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Double consciousness |
Must always view themselves through the eyes of dominant group (whites) |
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Anomie |
Condition in which society or provides little moral guidance to individuals due to rapid society change |
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Individualiztion |
Historical trend towards the separation of individuals from communal and traditional ties |
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Sociological imagination |
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Sociology |
Study of human society and social behavior |
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Macrosociology |
Institutional questions (large scale) Ex. Why does the rate of violent crime go up or down? |
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Microsociology |
Interpersonal question (small scale ) Ex. What do you say to someone? |
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Quantitative |
Uses data that can be converted into numbers (surveys, experiment) |
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Qualitative |
Data that cannot easily be converted to numbers (observations, informal interviews) |
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Causality |
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Variable |
A concept or attribute whose value changes from person to person |
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Goal of social research |
To establish the relationship between variables |
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Independent variable |
Factor that is predicted to cause change |
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Dependent variable |
Factor that is changed by the independent variable |
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Operationalizing |
Means to define it in a way that makes it measurable |
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Reliability |
Consistency in measurement |
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Validity |
Measuring exactly what u want to measure (Ex: religiosity) |
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Reflexivity |
Awareness of how a researcher influences what's going on in a study (esp. In ethnography) |
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Ethnography |
Observing people in their own environment in order to understand the meanings they attribute to their activities |
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Socialization |
The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of our society |
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Self (George Herbert mead) |
The self is created through social interaction and role taking) |
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Resocialization |
Learning new norms as we get older |
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Ascribed status |
One we are bron with (sex, race) |
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Achieved status |
One we have earned through individual effort (college grad) |
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Master status |
A status that is often considered more important than all others (Ex. Being unemployed) |
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Dramaturgy (Erving Goffman) |
Compared social life to theater. In social life, we must perform roles (Like theater ) |
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Front stage |
The observable aspects of our "performance" as we manage impressions |
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Back stage |
Where we rehearse out roles, or conceal informations |
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