sociology unit 1 Flashcards
What is sociology?
It is the study of human groups and social behaviour. Investigates human behaviour and social interaction on a variety of levels
What is the scientific methods?
Research based on observable, empirical and measurable evidence the procedes from observation. hypothesis testing then evaluation
What is Sociological Imagination?
a form of critical thinking the examines the social world from multiple points of view it see the social in individual behaviour.
Theory
A theory is a statement about the way the world is believed to world, the role of sociological theories is to explain social behaviour in the real world. e.g. Why are some people racist, sexist or ageist?
Sociological Perspective?
A sociological perspective is a collection of theories that provides researchers with a model to guid and reflect upon their social research.
What is Feminism?
A theoretical perspective that advocates for gender equality by opposing sexism and patriarchy
Research Methods?
The ways in which researchers collect data conduct research and analyse data.
What’s a Experiment?
Controlled research that involves testing the effect of one variable on another. usually by comparing results from a control group to a experimental group.
What’s a Survey?
Research involving participates responding to a set of questions or statements that are analysed statistically.
Questionnaire?
Is research involving a set of PLANNED questions for participants, analysed statistically.
Interview?
Another form of research where by a participant is asked to answer a series of questions. through one and one conversation.
What’s Fieldwork?
research involving observing and recording participants behaviour in naturalistic setting.
What’s Participant Observation?
Research involving the careful watching and recording of participant (subject) behaviour in a clinical or naturalistic setting
Whats secondary analysis?
Research involving the study of data conducted by someone else.
What is historical analysis?
Research involving the use of primary sources and other original evidence to form accounts of the past.
What’s Quantitive data?
Numerical information that has been collected in research the reflects the amount or quantity of what is being studied.
What is Qualitative data?
Descriptive information that has been collected in research that includes, words, descriptions, pictures and other ‘qualitys’ of what us being studied commonly used in social sciences.
Sociological Discourse
a discourse is a way of reflecting on data and observations made about people and or a event. Opinions are based upon a collections of beliefs, ‘truths’ myths and language of a culture
Stereotype
assumptions about individuals based on their social group membership rather than individual characteristics
Youth
A socially constructed age based social category appropriate to western societies which usually includes young people between ages 12-24
adolescence
a term with strong biological associations describing the period of on set of puberty to full sexual reproduction and full physiological maturations
prejudice
a positive or negative prejudgement about an entire category of people
discrimination
the un equal treatment towards a category of people
ethnicity
the particular cultural features thats are shared by distinctive features group or population the social traits shared by these groupings include, nationality ideology and life styles, common language, common cultural and religios practises and common ancestry support the ethnic identity
Cultual hybridity
the process of combining and drawing upon different cultural and identities to create a new hybridised culture slighty changing the dominate culture
social class
the social status and identity of groups of people based on shared social and economic backgroundin australia the term socioeconomic status SES is used with interchangably social cass’
intergenerational inequality
disadvantages that passes through generations of a family
Gender
refers to the socially and culturally constructed categories of feminine and masculine as compared to the biological categories of sex
Sexual orientation
refers to a persons physical attraction to the same and/or opposite gender.
baby boomer:
a social category encompassing australians who were born between 1946 and 1964
Generation y:
australians born between 1980 and 1994
Generation Z:
1995 and 2009
Digital Native
a person born into a generation in which information and communication technology already existed and has there for used ICT from young age.
Digital immigrant
born before the ICT era and has learnt to use it.
Generation x:
people born 1963 and 1980being individual flexible and hard working.
subculture
a minority group containing members who categorised with shared characteristics or intrest such as norms values, enthnicity, social class and sexual orientation.
homogeneous thinking is
social categorisation of individuals who share similarities e.g young people are lay or location
social sustainability
social planning bettering for future social generations
