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Sociology A Level - General Theory and methods

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Structuralism
Structuralism definition,
Macro approach definition,
Positivism definition
5  cards
Functionalism (consensus structuralism)
Functionalism is,
Functionalist view of society as ...,
Functional prerequisites parsons
14  cards
Classical Marxism (conflict structuralism)
Classical marxism base and supers...,
Means of production definition,
Relations of production meaning
21  cards
Neomarxism
2 kinds of neomarxism,
Humanistic neomarxism gramsci,
Relative autonomy definition gram...
8  cards
Social action/ interpretivist theories
Interpretivism definition,
Features of social action interpr...,
Micro approach definition
6  cards
Symbolic interactionism
Founder of symbolic interactionism,
Symbolic interactionism sees society,
Blumer suggests interactionism ha...
11  cards
Ethnomethodology
Ethnomethodology is associated wi...,
Ethnomethodology refers to,
Ethnomethodology differs from mos...
6  cards
Intergrated approaches - combining stucture and action
Integrated approaches combine str...,
Weber s sociology neither structu...,
Weber s study of the emergence of...
9  cards
Feminism
Feminism the challenge to malestr...,
Walby s six structures of the pat...,
General features of feminist theory
12  cards
Modernity and Postmodernity
Modernity began roughly around th...,
Features of modernity,
The move from modernity to postmo...
27  cards
Sociology as a science
Science as a product of modernuty,
Empirical evidence definition,
Popper 2002 the scientific method...
24  cards
Relationship between theory and methods
Positivists tend to use quantitat...,
Positivist view of society,
Positivist theoretical perspective
21  cards
Subjectivity, objectivity, value freedom
Subjectivity,
Objectivity,
Subjectivity and objectivity
14  cards
Relationship between sociology and social policy
Social policy definition,
Social problem definition,
Sociological problem definition
25  cards
Positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods
Topic 1, research methods chapter, year 1 textbook
16  cards
Theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing research
Topic 2, research methods chapter of year 1
11  cards
Primary and secondary data, and qualitative and quantitative data
Topic 3, research methods chapter year 1
18  cards
The experimental and comparative methods
The experiment is the main way of...,
Experiments are used to test a hy...,
In experiments the researcher tak...
13  cards
Surveys and sampling methods
Surveys are,
Who uses surveys,
Example of using surveys townsend...
20  cards
Questionnaires
Questionnaires are,
Principles of questionnaire design,
Types of questionnaire
17  cards
Interviews
Interviews,
Structured formal interviews,
Advantages of structured interviews
15  cards
Observation
Participant observation,
Example of covert participant obs...,
Example of covert participation r...
15  cards
Longitudinal studies, case studies and life histories
Longitudinal studies,
The uses of longitudinal studies,
Problems with longitudinal studies
6  cards
Triangulation and the stages of research
Methodological pluralism definition,
Triangulation definition,
Most sociologists use a range of ...
7  cards

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