SYG2000 Mid-Term Review Exam
Questions and Answers
Sociological Perspective - -A view that looks at behavior of groups, not
individuals
- Society - -A community of people who share a common culture
- Social Location - -The group memberships that people have because of
their location in history and society
- Sociological Imagination - -Ability to see the connection between the
larger world and our personal lives
- Sociology - -Study of the evolution, development, and functioning of
human society
- Figuration - -simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the
society that shapes that behavior
- Father of Sociology: Comte - -Creator of positivism
- Bourgeoisie - -In early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers
whose wealth came from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied
professions.
- Proletariat - -Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who
do not own the means of production
- Durkheim - -Established Sociology as a discipline of study.
- Social Integration - -How well you are integrated into your social group or
community
- Weber - -...
- Changes in Religion > Capitalism - -...
- Symbolic Interactionism - -A theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning,
develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another.
- Symbols - -Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by
people who share a culture.
, - Dramaturgical Analysis - -Erving Goffman's term for the study of social
interaction in terms of theatrical performance
- Functional Analysis - -...
- Robert Merton and Functionalism - -a theoretical approach that sees
society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological
and social needs of individuals that make up that society
- Conflict Theory - -A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as
composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources.
- Empirical Evidence - -...
- Variables - -Any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or
behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study.
- Operational Definition - -...
- Validity - -Actually measuring exactly what you intend to measure
- Reliability - -Consistency in measurement
- Hypothesis - -...
- Independent and dependent variables - -...
- Interpretive framework - -...
- Hawthorne effect - -A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the
awareness of being studied
- Replication - -...
- Literature review - -Examining scholarly books and journals to gather
information regarding a particular topic
- Survey - -A study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire,
that provides researchers with information about how people think and act.
- Population - -A group of individuals that belong to the same species and
live in the same area
- Sample - -A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a
survey so as to be representative of the whole.
Questions and Answers
Sociological Perspective - -A view that looks at behavior of groups, not
individuals
- Society - -A community of people who share a common culture
- Social Location - -The group memberships that people have because of
their location in history and society
- Sociological Imagination - -Ability to see the connection between the
larger world and our personal lives
- Sociology - -Study of the evolution, development, and functioning of
human society
- Figuration - -simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the
society that shapes that behavior
- Father of Sociology: Comte - -Creator of positivism
- Bourgeoisie - -In early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers
whose wealth came from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied
professions.
- Proletariat - -Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who
do not own the means of production
- Durkheim - -Established Sociology as a discipline of study.
- Social Integration - -How well you are integrated into your social group or
community
- Weber - -...
- Changes in Religion > Capitalism - -...
- Symbolic Interactionism - -A theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning,
develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another.
- Symbols - -Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by
people who share a culture.
, - Dramaturgical Analysis - -Erving Goffman's term for the study of social
interaction in terms of theatrical performance
- Functional Analysis - -...
- Robert Merton and Functionalism - -a theoretical approach that sees
society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological
and social needs of individuals that make up that society
- Conflict Theory - -A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as
composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources.
- Empirical Evidence - -...
- Variables - -Any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or
behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study.
- Operational Definition - -...
- Validity - -Actually measuring exactly what you intend to measure
- Reliability - -Consistency in measurement
- Hypothesis - -...
- Independent and dependent variables - -...
- Interpretive framework - -...
- Hawthorne effect - -A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the
awareness of being studied
- Replication - -...
- Literature review - -Examining scholarly books and journals to gather
information regarding a particular topic
- Survey - -A study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire,
that provides researchers with information about how people think and act.
- Population - -A group of individuals that belong to the same species and
live in the same area
- Sample - -A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a
survey so as to be representative of the whole.
