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The Sociological Imagination |
Ability to view one's society as an outsider |
An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society |
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Sociology |
Scientific study of social behavior and groups. How relationships influence behavior. How societies develop and change. |
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Political Science |
The decision making process |
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Social Science |
Study of social features for humans |
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Are military marriages more likely to end in divorce than civilian? |
No, 2007 |
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Did college attendance go up or down after the 2008 market crash? |
Up |
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Auguste Comte |
Gave "Sociology" it's name |
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Harriett Martineau |
Translated Comte's work to English |
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Herbert Spencer |
Evolutionary (How society changes over time, Social Darwinism for example) |
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Anomie |
Loss of direction in a society when social control of individual behavior becomes ineffective |
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Functionalist Perspective |
Contribution to overall society stability |
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Interactionist Perspective |
Humans are viewed as living in a world of interaction and manipulation of symbols |
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Conflict Perspective: Karl Marx |
Inequality, capitalism, and stratification |
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Emile Durkheim |
First sociologist. Classic research on suicide |
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Random Sample |
Each subject has chance to be in sample |
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Variable |
Any social characteristic (Gender, age, etc) |
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Dependent |
Variable where change is seen |
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Casual Logic |
Cause and effect relationship |
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What is the Scientific Method? |
Series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency |
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Step One of the Scientific Method Define the Problem: |
Operational Definition- Specific explanation of concept |
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Step Two of the Scientific Method Review Literature: |
Refine and clarify problem Reduce avoidable mistakes |
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Step Three of the Scientific Method Hypothesis: |
Speculative statement |
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Step Four if the Scientific Method Research Design: |
Participant Observation~ "Corner Boys" Control Group: NOT exposed to independent variable |
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Surveys |
Info about how people act |
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Interview |
Info through face to face or telephone questioning |
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The Hawthorne Effect: |
Studying interactions among students. Their behavior might change. |
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The Code of Ethic |
American Sociological Association Maintain confidentiality Objectivity and integrity Protection of subjects |
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