SVSU Sociology 111 Midterm
What is capitalism? - ✔️✔️an economic and political system in which a country's trade
and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is globalization? - ✔️✔️The integration of economic activities across national
boarder import/export
What is neoliberalism? - ✔️✔️Welfare, food stamps, WIC, disability checks, social
security, Medicare, and Medicade
Ritzer something vs nothing - ✔️✔️Something: Homemade, time specific, geo located,
humanized, magical, unique
Nothing: Store bought, time free, everywhere, dehumanized, no magic
What is the sociological imagination? - ✔️✔️Personal troubles vs public issues
3 religious sacred objects - ✔️✔️1. After life
2. Reincarnation
3. Bible
4 nationalistic sacred objects - ✔️✔️1. American flag
2. National anthem
3. Veterans
4. Bill of rights
What does quantitative mean? - ✔️✔️number based
What does qualitative mean? - ✔️✔️Word based
What does reliability mean? - ✔️✔️If a study was done again would there be similar
results
What does validity mean? - ✔️✔️Test that measures when it needs to measure
Stanley Milgram Experiment - ✔️✔️Stanley did this because he wanted to see is
Germans were obedient to their authorities. He then selected people for his experiment
through a news paper looking for 40 male participants who would participate in a Yale
experiment. They would draw to see who the teacher was and who the learner was. The
teacher would ask questions and every time the learner got one wrong he would be
shocked and the shock would go up for every wrong answer.
What is capitalism? - ✔️✔️an economic and political system in which a country's trade
and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is globalization? - ✔️✔️The integration of economic activities across national
boarder import/export
What is neoliberalism? - ✔️✔️Welfare, food stamps, WIC, disability checks, social
security, Medicare, and Medicade
Ritzer something vs nothing - ✔️✔️Something: Homemade, time specific, geo located,
humanized, magical, unique
Nothing: Store bought, time free, everywhere, dehumanized, no magic
What is the sociological imagination? - ✔️✔️Personal troubles vs public issues
3 religious sacred objects - ✔️✔️1. After life
2. Reincarnation
3. Bible
4 nationalistic sacred objects - ✔️✔️1. American flag
2. National anthem
3. Veterans
4. Bill of rights
What does quantitative mean? - ✔️✔️number based
What does qualitative mean? - ✔️✔️Word based
What does reliability mean? - ✔️✔️If a study was done again would there be similar
results
What does validity mean? - ✔️✔️Test that measures when it needs to measure
Stanley Milgram Experiment - ✔️✔️Stanley did this because he wanted to see is
Germans were obedient to their authorities. He then selected people for his experiment
through a news paper looking for 40 male participants who would participate in a Yale
experiment. They would draw to see who the teacher was and who the learner was. The
teacher would ask questions and every time the learner got one wrong he would be
shocked and the shock would go up for every wrong answer.
