+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Sociology
|
Perspective. way of looking at individuals as members of society and social groups. "scientific study of human societies and culture and social behavior"
|
|
Sociological Imagination
|
The ability to see how our own individual lives are influenced by outside forces and our own personality.
|
|
Marriage squeeze
|
As women get older and more educated, their dating pool gets smaller and smaller
|
|
Knowledge claims
|
Statements about how social interaction or social institutions work
|
|
Functionalist theory
|
Functionalism - they believe social institutions keep society alive. (family, economy, government, religion, media, etc.)
|
|
Symbolic Interactionism
|
Someone who studies face to face interaction. personal day to day interactions. look at language gestures
|
|
Conflict theory
|
Karl Marx. opposite from functionalism. "the structure of society is the source of inequality"
|
|
Feminist theory
|
A branch of conflict theory. focuses on gender as the source of inequality. women have less power and influence
|
|
Empirical research
|
Systematic, careful and controlled
|
|
Probabilistic research
|
It's probable but not proven
|
|
Purposeful research
|
Guided by a hunch or theories
|
|
Surveys
|
Questionnaire, interview, can be done by telephone or mail
|
|
Participant observation
|
Go out and participate in a situation and take notes
|
|
Secondary analysis
|
Using data that somebody has already collected
|
|
Experiment
|
Not usually done in sociology except for criminology
|
