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

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

• Sociology

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

Match the following

• Jane Addams

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

• Karl Marx

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

• Herbert Spencer

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

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Scientifically studied the structure of the African American community

Match the following

• Auguste Comte

• 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

• Max Weber

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

• 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

• 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

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