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[blank_start]Durkheim[blank_end] was to [blank_start]functionalism[blank_end] as Marx was to [blank_start]conflict theory[blank_end] as weber was to symbolic interaction theory

where did sociology start? [blank_start]western europe[blank_end]

When did sociology develop? [blank_start]1700-1800s[blank_end]

conflict theory is

fuctionalism is

symbolic interaction is..

the socilogical [blank_start]imagination[blank_end] is the ability to see social patterns that influence an individual as well as groups of individuals

[blank_start]Troubles[blank_end] are privetly felt problems that spring from events and feelings in a persons life

[blank_start]issues[blank_end] affect large numbers of people

[blank_start]Macro[blank_end] includes social institutions, education, work and religion

[blank_start]Micro[blank_end] refers more to beliefs and behaviors

[blank_start]culture[blank_end] consists of thr objects created in a given society, its buildings, art, tools, toys. literature.

[blank_start]nonmaterial[blank_end] culture includes norms, laws customs, ideas and belifs of a group of people

[blank_start]Qualitative[blank_end] reduces data to patterns in words and phrases, examples - interveiws, observation

[blank_start]Quanitative[blank_end] reduces data and patterns in numbers and statistics examples - survey or numerical data

[blank_start]functionalists[blank_end] emphasize the importance of shareing culture

[blank_start]Conflict theorists[blank_end] emphasize the importance " the idea of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas

[blank_start]symbolic interactionist[blank_end] create, maintain, and chaneg through our daily lives

[blank_start]ethnocentrism[blank_end] is the habit of seeing things only from the veiw of ones own group

[blank_start]norms[blank_end] are the specific cultural expectations for how to behave in a givensituation

[blank_start]folkways[blank_end] are a general standard of behavior adhered to by a group ( forms of dress; food habits)

[blank_start]mores[blank_end] are strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior (religious doctrines; formal law)

[blank_start]Values[blank_end] are abstract standards in a society or group that define ideal princepals ( liberty ; freedom)

[blank_start]beleifs[blank_end] are shared ideas about what is true held collectivly

Sir Francis [blank_start]bacon[blank_end] invented the scientific method which involves several steps in the research process including : [blank_start]observation[blank_end], hypothesis, testing [blank_start]analysis[blank_end] of data and [blank_start]drawing[blank_end] conclusions

[blank_start]validity[blank_end] is the degree to whuich it accuratly measures or reflects a concept

[blank_start]IRB[blank_end] (institutional review board) protect researchers from being taken advantage of

[blank_start]surveys[blank_end] are usually quantitative but sometimes qualitative

participant observation is usually [blank_start]qualitative[blank_end]

controlled experiments are usually [blank_start]quantitative[blank_end]

content analysis can be either qualitative or quantitative

historical research is usually [blank_start]qualitative[blank_end]

secondary analysis of survey data can be either qualitative or quantitative

evaluation researvh can be either quantitative or qualitative

Things that can effect cultureal change