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What is the difference between microsociology and macrosociology?

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Microsociology, understands local interactional contexts, focusing on face-to-face encounters and gathering data through participant observations and in-depth interviews.

Macrosociology, looks at social dynamics across whole societies or large parts of them and often relies on statistical analysis to do so.

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The focus of micro sociology is?

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Individuals within society

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The focus of macro sociology is?

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Society as a whole

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The orientation of micro sociology?

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Subjective

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The orientation of macro sociology?

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Objective

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What are the methods for micro sociology?

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Participant observation and interviews

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What are the methods for macro sociology?

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Statistical analysis

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Theory is the use of ________________ to describe behaviors and make predictions

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generalization

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Theory is the use of generalization to describe __________ and make __________

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behaviors

predictions

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Sociologists use ______ (along with methods of data collection) to help explain the ______ world

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theory

social

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Who created Grand Theory?

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C Wright Mills

12
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one universal way of understanding the social world, abstract

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Grand Theory

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Grand Theory=_________

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Paradigm

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integrates theory and empirical research, theoretical claims can be validated by data

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Middle-range Theories

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Who created Middle-range Theories?

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Robert Merton

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Middle-range theories

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Grand

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______-______ theories

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Middle Range

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________is an analytic lens, a way of viewing the world and a framework from which to understand the human experience (Kuhn, 1962).

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paradigm

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Paradigmis an _______ ____, a ____ __ _______ __ _____ and a framework from which to understand the human experience (Kuhn, 1962).

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analytic lens

way of viewing the world

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Umbrella system that based on a set of assumptions that defines the object of study, how it can be studied and the possible interpretation of the results

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paradigm

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What are the Five Main Paradigms of sociology?

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  1. Critical/Conflict Paradigm
  2. Interpretive/Symbolic Interactionism Paradigm
  3. Functionalism/Structural Functionalism Paradigm
  4. Postmodern Paradigm
  5. Positivist Paradigm
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What are the three core paradigms in sociology?

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  1. Critical/Conflict Paradigm
  2. Interpretive/Symbolic Interactionism Paradigm
  3. Functionalism/Structural Functionalism Paradigm
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According to the positive paradigm, social world has law-like __________ that we can study.

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regularities

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Comte term in reference to positive paradigm “_____ _______”

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“social physics”

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Positivist paradigm is ______ free & __________

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value

objective

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Positive paradigm helps _______ and _______ rapidly changing social world

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control

predict

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Positive paradigm emerged during the _________ __________

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industrial revolution