Sociology unit 1-2

Question 1

Sociology

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It is the study of human groups and social behaviours.

Question 2

Scientific methods

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Research based on observable, empirical and measure evidence that precedes from observation, hypothesis-testing then evaluation.

Question 3

Sociological imagination

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A from of critical thinking that examines the social world from multiple points of view.It sees the social in individual behaviour.

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Theory

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A theory is a statement about the way the world is believed to work. The role of sociological theories is to explain social behaviour in the real world. For example, why are some people racist.

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Sociological perspective

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A sociological perspective is a collection of theories that provides researches with a model to guide and reflect upon their social research.

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Feminism

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A theoretical perspective that advocates the gender equally by opposing sexism and patriarchy.

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Research methods

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The ways in which researchers collect data, conduct research and analyse findings.

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Experiment

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Controlled research that involves testing the effects on ones variable on another variable. Usually by comparing results from a control group to an experimental group.

Question 9

Survey

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Research involving participants responding to a set of questions or statements that are usually analysed statistically .

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Questionair

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Research involving a set of planned questions for participants to answer which is usually analysed statistically.

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Interview

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Research whereby a participant is asked to answer a series of questions through a on on one conversation.

Question 12

Field work

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Research involving the careful observation and recording of participants behaviour in a naturalistic setting.

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Participant observation

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Research involving the careful watching and recording of participants behaviour in a clinical or naturalistic setting.

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Sociological discourage

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A discourse is a way of reflecting on data and observation made about people and an event. Opinions are based upon a collection of beliefs, “truths”, myths and language of a culture/subculture.

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Stereotype

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Assumptions about individuals based on their social group membership rather then an individual characteristics.

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Youth

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A socially constructed, age based, social category appropriate to western society which usually includes young people between the ages of 12 and 24.

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Adolesence

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A term with strong biological associations describing the period pf onset of puberty to full sexual reproduction and full physiological maturation.

Question 18

Prejudice

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A positive or negative prejudgement (attitude) about an entire category of people.

Question 19

Discrimination

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The unequal treatment towards a category of people.

Question 20

Ethnicity

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The particular culture features that are shaped by a distinctive group or population. The social traits shared by these grouping include nationally ideology and lifestyle. Common language, common culture and religious practices and a common ancestry support and ethnic identity.

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Cultural hybridity

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The process of combining and drawing upon different cultural and ethnic identities to create a new hybridised culture, slightly changing the dominant culture in the process

Question 22

Social class

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The social identity and status of groups and people based on shared social and economic background. In Australia the term socioeconomic status (ses) is often used interchangeably with social class.

Question 23

Intergenerational inequality

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Disadvantage that passes across multiple generations within the one family

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Gender

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Refers to the socially and culturally constructed categories of famine and masculine compared to biological categories of sex.

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Sexual orientation

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Refers to a persons physical and/or attraction to the same and/or opposite gender.

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Baby boomers

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A social category encompassing Australians who were born between 1946 and 1964.