Vid 1- 3 Flashcards
How does sociology differ from other socail sci?
looks at
- patterns in society
- reoccuring characteristics and events at ALL scales (macro n micro)
Social Location
where i stand in society
- class
-race
religion
sexaluity
disadvantages with one’s social location
can limit opprtunities cuz some groups hav more privelge
Marginalization
a group looked down upon cuz they “oppose” the dominant position gorups in society
the connections betw Macro and Micro POV
micro looks at how groups make their idenity as a group
macro looks how societal influecnes that may impact how that group does
Social Dysfunction
social patterns that DISRUPT the FUNCTIONALIST smooth operations in society
what common methods do sociologists use in research
observations, surveys, stats, some experiments (but rarely)
Difference Between Inductive and Deductiver
Inductive: takes observations and uses them to build thoery
Deductive uses exisitnig thoeries to form hypo