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Lecture 4-6 M1 Flashcards

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What are the modern day types of sociology called?

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  • micro extremism
  • macro extremism
  • micro macro linkage
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What category does social conflict approach fall under?

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Macro extremism

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What does social conflict approach emphasize?

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Emphasizes the constraining nature of social influences on our actions

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What bad things does social conflict approach focus on?

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-power, conflict, domination-subordination relations, inequality and change

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What does social conflict approach say holds society together

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Domination subordination relationships

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Who does social conflict approach sound like?

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Marx, it pays attention to class division

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What are the main points of micro extremism?

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  • individual
  • wants to study everyday routines
  • individuals construct society
  • individuals intentions, reasons and motives are important
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What are the types of micro extremism?

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  • symbolic interactionism

- ethnomethodology

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What is the focus of symbolic interactionism?

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Interaction that takes place between people through symbols, language

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What is the definition of symbolic interactionism?

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Society arises as a shared reality that its members construct as they interact with one another

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What is a sub idea to symbolic interactionism?

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Thomas theorem

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What is Thomas theorem?

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“Situations we define as real become real in their consequences,” police that mistake something for weapon

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What is the goal of symbolic interactionism?

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Understand the meanings that individuals attach to their behaviour in everyday life

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What does ethnomethodology study?

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Studies everyday life by focusing on what people actually do

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What is ethnomethodology concerned with?

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Ethnomethods

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What are ethnomethods?

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The everyday methods that people use to make sense of what others do and what they say

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What is highlighted by Garfunkel’s breaching experiments?

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  • we all routinely use ethnomethods but are just unaware that we are using them
  • breaching experiment is an experiment that disrupts the flow of everyday life
  • student engaged in convo with husband
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What does micro macro linkage reject?

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Rejects both micro and macro extremism

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Where does micro macro linkage start from?

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Starts from the link between individuals and societies

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What does micro macro linkage argue?

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Argues that individuals and societies are mutually constituting and mutually constituted

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What theory is under micro macro linkage?

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Structuration theory

22
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What is the definition of structuration theory

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A synthesis of structure and individual effects. Acknowledges the interaction of meaning, standards and values and power

23
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What do feminist perspectives in sociology all share?

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  • the experiences of women as women
  • social inequality and subordination of women
  • strategies for achieving the liberation of women
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What can be compared to feminist perspective?

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Social conflict approach

25
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What are the alternatives to sociology research?

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  • authority
  • tradition
  • common sense
  • personal experience
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What sets sociology research apart from the alternatives ways of knowing?

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Sociological research uses a scientific method

27
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What does using a scientific method produce?

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Empirically verified knowledge

28
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What types of data does sociology use?

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Quantitative and qualitative

29
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What are the stages of the research process?

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  1. Research problem
  2. Selecting research method
  3. Carry out research
  4. Interpret the results
  5. Report the findings
30
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What are the four kinds or questions sociologists asks when formulating the research question? Which are descriptive research?

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  • what happened
  • did this happen everywhere
  • has this happened over time
  • why did this happen
31
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What is the most important question to ask when formulating a research problem?

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Why did this happen

32
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Define hypothesis

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A tentative statement of the relationship between two variables that is to be tested

33
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Are elements of hypotheses variables? What are the two variables?

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Yes, independent and dependent variables

34
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Define research methods

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Actual techniques of investigation that are used to study the social world

35
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What are the 6 forms of research methods

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  • survey
  • participant observation
  • documentary research
  • experiment
  • unobtrusive measures
  • mixed methods studies
36
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What did Weber mean when he called sociology value free sociology?

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Strive for objectivity

37
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What is random sampling

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Every member of the population has an equal probability of being included in the sample, it ensures generalizability

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What is participant observation

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An investigator spends lengthy amounts of time with group studied and can take part in their activities

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What are the pros and cons of participant observation

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  • provides better info about social life
  • more flexible
  • problems of generalizability
  • skill of investigator is key
40
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What was Goffmans research findings? What is it an example of?

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  • worked in a mental hospital

- participant observation

41
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What was an important finding of Goffmans research?

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Saw life in the hospital that others wouldn’t know of, working patients

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What is an operational definition? What is an example of operational definition of social class?

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Specifies how your going to measure the concept, could be income, education or occupation

43
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Define reliability

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Quality of consistent measurement

44
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Define validity

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Quality of measuring precisely what one intends to measure

45
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Is reliability a guarantee of validity?

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No reliability does not guarantee validity

46
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What are the pros and cons of flexibility in participant observation?

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  • makes replication difficult to do
  • allows sociologists to get a more accurate picture
  • trades off reliability for validity
47
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What is primary data?

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Data is collected by the researcher

48
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What is documentary research?

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Research method in which a researcher uses information collected by others, secondary data

49
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What is another name for documentary research?

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Methods of secondary analysis or archival investigation

50
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What is Asheorths study about and what is it an example of?

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Trench warfare and it’s an example of documentary research

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What are the weaknesses of documentary research?

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  • sources may be partial

- sources may be difficult to authenticate

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