Chapter 1 Flashcards
People who share a culture and a territory…?
A society
Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called…?
Sociological perspective
The group memberships people have because if their location in history and society…?
Social location
The application of systematic methods to obtain knowledge and the knowledge obtained by those methods…?
Science
The intellectual and academic disciplines designed to comprehend, explain, and predict events in our natural environments…?
Natural sciences
The intellectual and academic disciplines designed to understand the social world objectively by means of controlled and repeated observations…?
Social sciences
What are the divisions of the natural sciences?
Biology, geology, chemistry, and physics
What are the specialized fields of the social sciences?
Anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology
Which of the social sciences relates closely to sociology?
What is the difference between this social science and sociology?
Anthropology
When anthropologists and sociologists study the same groups, anthropologists place more emphasis on artifacts, authority (hierarchy) and language, especially kinship terms.
Culture includes a groups…?
1) Artifacts - tools, arts, weapons
2) Structure - the patterns that determine how it’s members interact with one another (i.e. leadership)
3) Ideas and values - the ways the group’s beliefs affect it’s members lives
4) Forms of communication - especially language
How is sociology similar to anthropology?
How is it different?
Like anthropologists, sociologists study culture, group structure, belief systems, and how people communicate with one another.
Unlike anthropology, sociology focuses primarily on industrialized and post industrialized societies.
How is sociology similar to economy?
How is it different?
Like economists, sociologists do research on how a society’s goods and services are distributed, especially how that distribution results in inequality.
Unlike economists, sociologists do not concentrate on a single social institution.
How is sociology similar to political science?
How is it different?
Like political science, sociology studies how people govern one another, especially how those in power affect people’s lives.
Unlike political scientists, sociologists do not concentrate on a single social institution.
How is sociology similar to psychology?
How is it different?
Like psychology, sociology studies how people adjust to the difficulties of life.
Unlike psychologists, sociologists stress factors external to the individual to determine what influences people and how they adjust to life.
A statement that goes beyond the individual case and is applied to a broader group or situation…?
Generalization
