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Soc. 110 Exam #1 Concepts
Chapter one * The Sociological Perspective
Discuss Peter Berger’s concept of the “sociological perspective”.
Durkheim’s suicide study
C. Wright Mills’ “Sociological imagination”
History of Sociology,
Where did it start?
Who coined the term “Sociology”
When it come to the United States as an academic discipline?
What is a Sociological theory?
What guides sociologists in their research?
What are the three main theories in sociology, and how do each of these look at society?
Latent functions
Manifest functions
Dysfunctions
Discuss the social exchange analysis
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Chapter 2 * Sociological Investigation
Objectivity in social research
Hypothesis
Population
Sample
Reliability
Validity
Correlation
Spurious correlation
Cause and effect
Replication
Participant observation
Secondary analysis
Surveys
Open ended questions
Closed ended questions
Experiments
Experimental group
Control group
Placebo effect
Hawthorne effect
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Ch. 3 * Culture
Nonmaterial culture
Material culture
Culture shock
How do cultures change over time?
Sapir-Whorf thesis
Prescriptive norms
Proscriptive norms
Real culture
Ideal culture
Subculture
Counter culture
Culture lag
What are three ways cultures change
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Cultural universals
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Ch. 4 * Society
Discuss the Lenski’s idea of “sociocultural evolution”
What is the main idea?
What characterizes each of the different stages?
What is the effect of more complex technology on society?
In what period did Sociology develop?
Discuss Marx’s idea of social conflict
False consciousness
Class consciousness
Alienation
Discuss Weber’s concept of “rationality”
Discuss Durkheim’s concepts of:
Anomie
Mechanical solidarity
Organic solidarity