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1
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a sociological ______ helps us understand larger social ______ affect individuals and how individuals affect society.

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imagination forces

2
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“August ______ coined the term ______”

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Comte sociology

3
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Marx believed that society id divided into the ______ (_____) and the ______ ______ (_______).

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have’s capitalist have nots Proletalists

4
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____ ______ posited that an understanding of society requires a “__________” understanding of behavior. Such understanding, or _______”.

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Max Weber subjective verstehen

5
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The problem with the twentieth century , he wrote, is the problem of the _____ _______.

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color line

6
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Similarly, the parts of a ________, like the parts of a _____, work together to maintain the whole structure.

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society body

7
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“…._______ theory examines how and why groups disagree, _______ over power, and ______ for scarce resources..”

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Conflict struggle compete

8
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For _____ ______ society is socially ________ through human interpretation,

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symbolic interactionist constructed

9
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An ________ variable is a characteristic that has an _____ on the ______ variable, the ______.

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Independent effect dependent outcome

10
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_________ is the _______ with which the same measures produces _________ results time after time.

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Reliability consistency similar

11
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______ is not _____.

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Correlation causation

12
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A survey’s _______ can also substantially affect peoples answers.

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wording

13
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“In ________ observation, researchers interact with the people they’re studying;… In______ observation, researchers study phenomenon without being part of the situation.

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Participant non participant

14
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A second limitation is the problem of ________: if people know they are being _______, they might behave differently.

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reactivity observed

15
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An _______ is a controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to ________ variables and measure the effects.

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experiment manipulate

16
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Sociologists rely heavily on ______ ______ an unobtrusive data collection method that examines information collected by ________ _____.

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secondary analysis someone else

17
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I think therefore I am

“I am, because we are”

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Descartes
Two streams of thought
African Philosophy

18
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Theory

Hypothesis

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Scientific Method

19
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Abstract proposition that:

  • explains a social situation
  • makes predictions about the future!
  • is abstract - can’t be tested -
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Theory

20
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A testable prediction coming from a theory:
- children who watch more violent tv shows will exhibit more violence during playtime than children who watch less violent programing

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Hypothesis

21
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Can the results be confirmed by others conducting the same test.

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Replication

22
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The variable whose effect is being studied

this would be the cause

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Independent Variable

23
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Behavior or mental process that is being studied
- this is the variable that MIGHT CHANGE in response to the Independent Variable
( this would be the effect)

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Dependent Variable

24
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What good fortune for those in power that people do not think

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Adolf Hitler

25
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  • Coined the term Sociology

- Believed that just as there were laws that governed nature - there were laws that governed society too

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Aguste Comte

26
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Society would be better off if woman & men were treated equally

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Harriet Martineau

27
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  • First female in Sociology

- Translated Comte’s work into English

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Harriet Martineau

28
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  • Believed that societies evolved

- coined the term “survival of the fittest”

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Herbert Spencer

29
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The great angry man of the twentieth century

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Karl Marx

30
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  • Believed that the engine of human history is:
    • class conflicts between:
      - the haves (bourgeoisie)
      - the have nots ( proletariat)
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Karl Marx

31
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Believes the working class should overthrow existing class system

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Karl Marx

32
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Wealth corrupts human nature!

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Karl Marx

33
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Religion is:?

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the opiate of people! Marx

34
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Atrivistic People

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parents, solders, terrorists, religious groups

35
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Egoistic People

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men, protestants, lonely people

36
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Fatalist People

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depressed people, teenagers

37
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Anomic People

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Means: “I don’t know anymore”

divorced, bankrupt

38
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Believed that religion is the central force in societal change

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Max Weber

39
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  • Tried to bridge the gap between the powerful and the powerless
  • Only sociologists to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Jane Addams

40
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Who began the Hull House for the sick, poor, and immigrants?

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Jane Addams

41
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Defined the main problem of the twentieth century - the color line

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W.E.B DuBois

42
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  • Helped form the NAACP

- Believed in the “talented Tenth” a group of highly educated blacks that could head & inspire others

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W.E.B DuBois