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functionalism The ____ theoretical perspective of sociology views society as a system
involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social
Social statics
organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure.
an author concerned with the role of values in American life, a defender of women's
Harriet Martineau was
rights and a supporter of the study of society as a separate scientific field.
Choosing a biased sample ____________ is not an ethical consideration in sociology?
are those where the apparent relationship between two variables is actually
Spurious correlations
produced by a third variable.
A tool that provides sociologists with a set of assumptions, concepts, and statements
theoretical perspective.
about the relationship of various social phenomena is called a(n)
students who have more positive attitudes Ann Meier's investigations supports the hypothesis that states
about sex are more likely to engage in
sexual activity.
A correlation exists when change in one variable is associated with a change in another variable.
Feminist research methods include a include women's lives in social research, reduce inequality and minimize research
commitment to exploitation.
used a generally optimistic, forward-looking approach that was rooted in a belief in
Early American sociology
progress.
helps to provide explanations for specific social phenomena and often brings about
Theory
research that can support or disprove
rejected the scientific neutrality view The "new breed" of sociologists of the 1960s and 1970s often
because it was insensitive to social
problems and human suffering.
__________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and
Social dynamics
have to do with social change.
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, Herbert Spencer applied the concept of survival of the fittest to the social world, an
Darwinism.
approach termed social
one's personal troubles and public issues are intertwined, we cannot simply look to
the "personal character" of individuals to explain changes in their lives, such as
Wright Mills noted that
employment circumstances and the social forces of life play a large role in
determining our life experience.
In the Trobriand Islands, where gardening is a major focus of people's lives, the
lunar cycles.
calendar is based on
While culture provides the meanings that allow people to interpret their daily lives,
society _____________ is the concept that represents the networks of social relations that develop
among a group of people.
When social scientists examine the practice of the Inuits leaving their elderly to
cultural relativism. perish in the cold, they typically evaluate the behavior pattern in the context of the
Inuit culture. This is an example of
Duties __________ are the actions others can legitimately insist that we perform.
Master statuses. ________ play a major role in determining what we will become and who we will be.
developed the linguistic relativity hypothesis, proposed that people view the world
Sapir and Whorf differently depending on the nature of the concepts available in their language and
argued that language has a powerful influence on thoughts.
she grasped the significance of symbols, she eventually could "see" the association
Helen Keller gained entrance to social life
between a word and an experience, and she could conceive of things apart from
because
their actual presence.
Physical artifacts ________ are NOT an example of nonmaterial culture.
______________ are rules that are seen as vital to a society's well-being and survival,
Mores
people who break them are viewed as sinful, evil, and wicked.
heavily affected by economic, The form and content of culture is
organizational, legal, and technological
factors.
Sociologists define a(n) __________ as a collection of people who share a
category
characteristic that is deemed to be of social significance.
values. A society's shared ideas regarding what is desirable, correct, and good are called
people living within a common territory and people who share some degree of a
The term society refers to
common cultur
A professor is supposed to be understanding and concerned about students, yet
role strain.
coldly objective while grading papers. These expectations may lead to
The often unavoidable process of judging the behavior of others by our standards
ethnocentrism
and tending to see "them" as inferior to "us" is called
date back to ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Formal organizations
and China.
focus on how socialization occurs and include social learning theory, cognitive
Three microlevel theories of socialization
developmental theory, and symbolic interactionism
includes the learning of symbols and In Piaget's theory, the preoperational stage
language.
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