Sociology intro Flashcards
Exam 1
a sociological ______ helps us understand larger social ______ affect individuals and how individuals affect society.
imagination forces
“August ______ coined the term ______”
Comte sociology
Marx believed that society id divided into the ______ (_____) and the ______ ______ (_______).
have’s capitalist have nots Proletalists
____ ______ posited that an understanding of society requires a “__________” understanding of behavior. Such understanding, or _______”.
Max Weber subjective verstehen
The problem with the twentieth century , he wrote, is the problem of the _____ _______.
color line
Similarly, the parts of a ________, like the parts of a _____, work together to maintain the whole structure.
society body
“…._______ theory examines how and why groups disagree, _______ over power, and ______ for scarce resources..”
Conflict struggle compete
For _____ ______ society is socially ________ through human interpretation,
symbolic interactionist constructed
An ________ variable is a characteristic that has an _____ on the ______ variable, the ______.
Independent effect dependent outcome
_________ is the _______ with which the same measures produces _________ results time after time.
Reliability consistency similar
______ is not _____.
Correlation causation
A survey’s _______ can also substantially affect peoples answers.
wording
“In ________ observation, researchers interact with the people they’re studying;… In______ observation, researchers study phenomenon without being part of the situation.
Participant non participant
A second limitation is the problem of ________: if people know they are being _______, they might behave differently.
reactivity observed
An _______ is a controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to ________ variables and measure the effects.
experiment manipulate
Sociologists rely heavily on ______ ______ an unobtrusive data collection method that examines information collected by ________ _____.
secondary analysis someone else
