WorksheetsIntro to Sociology Vocab
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on meeting social needs
social institutions
social facts
grand theories
macro-level
In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the sources of its data
quantitative sociology
qualitative sociology
function
dysfunctions
a theory that looks as society as a competition for limited resources
constructivism theory
dysfunctions
conflict theory
functionalism theory
a wide-scale view of the role official structures within a society
micro-level
macro-level
manifest functions
paradigms
a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs
function
figuration
significant others
culture
the systematic study of society and social interaction
theory
society
sociology
social facts
a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture
symbolic interactionism
social solidarity
social institutions
society
a theory through which scholars examine the relationship of individuals within their society by studying their communication
quantitative sociology
symbolic interactionism
sociological imagination
reification
statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants
quantitative sociology
qualitative sociology
positivism
antipositivism
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
functionalism
function
culture
figuration
