Sociology Unit 1 and 2 Review

Match the following

• Sociological Imagination

• Ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives

• theories

• Study of human society and social behavior from a group perspective

• Sociological perspective

• Viewing of behavior in groups in a systematic way; 3 big approaches

• Sociology

• Explanations of the relationships among particular phenomena/events that have been tested

Match the following

• Karl Marx

• Scientifically studied the structure of the African American community

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Worked with the poor in American cities & started the Hull House in Chicago

• Herbert Spencer

• Believed that society was made up of conflict between the rich and the poor; suggested a violent overthrow to create a classless society

• Jane Addams

• Applied the principles of biology by comparing society to the human body and believed in "survival of the fittest"

Match the following

• Auguste Comte

• Influenced the development of the functionalist perspective because he described society as a set of interdependent parts with each serving a specific function

• Max Weber

• Concerned with the unequal treatment of women and was an advocate of the idea that scholars should try to improve society; translated Comte's work into English

• Harriet Martineau

• Considered the "Father of Sociology" because he was among the first to apply the methods of the physical sciences to the study of society

• Emile Durkheim

• Influenced the interactionist perspective because he believed that sociology should attempt to understand the meanings that individuals attach to their actions; concept of Verstehen

What type of research is an intensive study of a single group, incident, or community?

• case study

• survey

• experiment

• symbolic interaction

research uses descriptive data. Examples are field research, case studies, and participant observation.

• descriptive

• qualitative

• correlation

• quantitative

research uses numerical data. Examples are surveys, secondary analysis, and experiments.

• causation

• experiment

• qualitative

• quantitative

The ____________ states that people may not be harmed mentally or physically in research.

• code of ethics
• seven steps of research

• rubrics code

• sociological perspective

Sociologists focus on

• the brain and its functions

• the heart's connections to actions

• singles and individuals

• groups of people

The three main theoretical perspectives of sociology include:

• hypothesis, conclusion and theory

• perspective, perception and positivism

• manifest function, latent function and dysfunction

• functionalism, conflict and interactionism

All of the following are disadvantages to conducting case studies, EXCEPT:

**HINT: Find the positive advantage.

• difficult to generalize findings from one group to the next group

• unexpected discoveries and insights can be put into research

• presence of researcher can influence results of the study

• hard to duplicate and takes a lot of time for the researcher