Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Stack #3622722
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ______ are aspects of social life, external to the individual, that can measured. | Social facts |
| _____ are intended and recognized; they're present and clearly evident. | Manifest functions |
| _____ are unintended and unrecognized; they're present but not immediately obvious. | Latent functions |
| _____ coined the term sociology and is often described as the "father of sociology." | Auguste Comte |
| Émile Durkheim agreed with Comte that _____. | societies are characterized by unity and cohesion |
| What is it when you have the ability to see the relationship between the personal troubles of a group and the larger economic situations. | Sociological imagination |
| According to a study in 1992 by Ritzer, why is sociology a powerful tool in understanding people's behavior and society at large? | Because it involves examining micro, macro, and micro-macro forces. |
| According to C. Wright Mills, a person's behavior is influenced by _____. | social factors such as religion, ethnicity, and politics |
| According to Durkheim, as the division of labor becomes more specialized, _____. | people become increasingly dependent on others for specific goods and services. |
| According to Karl Marx, history is a series of _____. | class struggles between capitalists and workers |
| According to sociologist James White, which of the following best describes theories? | Theories are "tools" that don't profess to know "the truth" but "may need replacing" over time as our understanding of society becomes more sophisticated. |
| All sociological theories analyze __________. | why society is organized the way it is and why we behave as we do |
| Auguste Comte maintained that the study of society must be _____. | empirical |
| Auguste Comte saw sociology as the scientific study of two aspects of society, namely _____. | social statics and social dynamics |
| Because common sense is _____, it ignores facts that challenge cherished beliefs. | subjective |
| _____ allow respondents to answer in their own words. | open-ended questions |
| _____ are preferred because the results can be generalized to a larger population. | random sample surveys |
| _____ is a relationship in which one variable is the direct consequence of another. | causation |
| _____ is an inquiry process that begins with a specific observation, followed by data collection, a conclusion about patterns or regularities, and the formulation of hypotheses that can lead to theory construction. | Inductive reasoning |
| _____ is the relationship between two or more variables. | correlation |
| _____ provide information on characteristics like national college graduation rates. | Quantitative data |
| _____ refers to the method or combination of methods a sociologist uses to test a hypothesis or answer a research question. | Methodology |
| _____ yield in-depth descriptions of why some college students drop out whereas others graduate. | Qualitative data |
| _____ are organized and systematic procedures that sociologists rely on to gain knowledge about a particular topic. | Research methods |
| _____ is an inquiry process that begins with a theory, prediction, or general principle that is then tested through data collection. | Deductive reasoning |
| _____ is an unobtrusive data collection method that examines information collected by someone else. | Secondary analysis |
| _____ sharpens critical thinking skills. | Sociological research |
| A common source of knowledge is _____, a socially accepted source of information that includes "experts," parents, government officials, police, judges, and religious leaders. | authority |
| A limitation of content analysis is that ______. | it can be very labor intensive |
| A _____ is a controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to manipulate variables and measure the effects. | experiment |
| _____ are formal and repeated behaviors that unite people. | Rituals |
| _____ is the belief that no culture is better than another and should be judged by its own standards. | Cultural relativism |
| _____ are the standards by which members of a particular culture define what is good or bad, moral or immoral, desirable or undesirable, beautiful or ugly. | Values |
| _____ are formally defined norms about what is permissible or illegal. | Laws |
| _____ are forms of communication designed to reach large numbers of people. | Mass media |
| What is the consistency of various aspects of society that promotes order and stability. | cultural integration |
| _____ is the process of creating new things, such as fax machines, toothpaste, and DVDs. | Invention |
| _____ consists of the physical objects that people make, use, and share. | Material culture |
| An example of a tabooed behavior in U.S. society is _______. | eating human flesh |
| What is a group within societies that has distinctive norms, values, beliefs,, lifestyles, or language. | subculture |
| _____ forbid acts that violate social customs, religious or moral beliefs, or laws. | Taboos |
| Alexei loves to wear brightly colored button-down shirts-the brighter the better. This is an example of _________. | material culture |
| A society's specific rules of right and wrong behavior are called its _______. | norms |
| A number of words in English reinforce negative images about gender. This is an example of _______. | conflict theory |
| _____ are rewards for good or appropriate behavior and/or penalties for bad or inappropriate behavior. | sanctions |
Created by:
IndiaRespress