sociology - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific study of social interactions and social
organization
sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to
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personal difficulties, and achievements as a reflection of the structural arrangements of society
and the times in which we live
microsociology - CORRECT ANSWER the study of what people say and do moment by
moment as they live their daily lives
macrosociology - CORRECT ANSWER large-scale and long term social processes of
organizations, institutions, and broad social patterns
social statics - CORRECT ANSWER aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability,
and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure.
social dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER the processes of social life that pattern institutional
development and have to do with social change
social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER the concept of survival of the fittest, but in a social
context, "fit" patterns of activity survive
class conflict - CORRECT ANSWER the view that society is divided into those who own the
means of producing wealth and those who do not, giving rise to struggle
dialectical materialism - CORRECT ANSWER the motion in Marxist theory that development
depends on the clash of contradictions and the creation of more advanced structures out of these
clashes
archival research - CORRECT ANSWER the use of existing records that have been produced or
maintained by persons other than the researcher
constructed reality - CORRECT ANSWER each person’s experience of the world, derived from
the interaction that takes place among people in the course of their lives
control group - CORRECT ANSWER group that affords a neutral standard against which the
changes in an experimental group can be measured
correlation - CORRECT ANSWER a change in one variable associated with a change in another
variable
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER the variable affected in the experiment
dialectical materialism - CORRECT ANSWER theory that development depends on the clash of
contradictions and the creation of new, more advanced structures out of these clashes
dysfunctions - CORRECT ANSWER consequences that lessen the adaptation or adjustment of a
system
economic determinist - CORRECT ANSWER a believer in the doctrine that economic factors
are the primary determinants of the structure of societies and social change
experiment - CORRECT ANSWER researchers work with two groups that are identical, apply a
change to one and see the effects of dependent and independent variables
experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER group in which researchers introduce a change in an
experimental setting
functions - CORRECT ANSWER observed consequences that permit the adaptation or
adjustment of a system
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER a proposition that can be tested to determine its validity
independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER variable that causes an effect in an experimental
setting
latent functions - CORRECT ANSWER consequences that are neither intended nor recognized
by the participants in a system
manifest functions - CORRECT ANSWER consequences that are intended and recognized by
the participants in a system
operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER a definition developed by taking abstract concepts
and putting them in a form that permits their measure
participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER researchers engage in activities with the people
that they are observing
power - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to control the behavior of others, even against their
will
random sample - CORRECT ANSWER researchers select subjects based on change so every
person in population has same change of being chosen
secondary data analysis - CORRECT ANSWER analysis of data collected by others
social facts - CORRECT ANSWER aspects of social lives that cannot be explained in terms of
biological or mental characteristics of the individual
spurious correlation - CORRECT ANSWER the apparent relationship between two variables
produced by their variable that influenced the original variables
stratified random sample - CORRECT ANSWER researchers divide a population into relevant
categories and draw a random sample from each of the categories
survey - CORRECT ANSWER a method of gathering data on people’s perceptions and beliefs
derived from interviews or questionnaires
unobtrusive observation - CORRECT ANSWER a technique in which researchers observe the
activities of people without participating in the activities
value free sociology - CORRECT ANSWER sociologists must not allow their personal biases to
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