chapter 1 Flashcards
(31 cards)
the “faith” that the scientific method will reveal significant insights into human social behavior is called
positivism
the characteristics of societies that we referred to as the process of “give-and-take” is called
recriprocy
a theoretical perspective, or paradigm, that focuses on group’s competition for scarce societal resources is
conflict theories
a theoretical perspective that focuses on various parts of society and how they contribute to its equilibrium is
structural functionalism
a theoretical perspective that focuses on how words obtain their meaning is
symbolic interactivism
a coherent system of general statements about how things fit together in the world and how they work is a
theory
a statement about how specific variables are expected to be related is a
hypothesis
the extent to which a research item measures what it’s intended to is its
operational definition
the degree to which members of a group or a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds is
social integration
the standards by which people determine what is good or bad, beautiful or ugly, we call
values
the extent to which research findings are repeatable is its
reliability
the use of sociology to solve problems from the micro to macro levels is called
applied sociology
_______ was the person who learned at the water pump that “things have names”
Helen Keller
the basic unit of the discipline of history is
events
thoughts are the basic units of _________ psycology
cognitive
a factor of human behavior thought to be significant and changeable from case to case is a
variable
the extensive interconnections among nations due to the expansion of capitalism is
globalization
the manner in which a researcher has established for measurement of those things that can change from case to case is an
operational definition
in Prof Dave’s Guarenteed Academic Success Tips, the tip that is most directly about effective academic time management is called
plan study hours
make a ___ ______ in each class
note buddy
chemistry’s elemental unit
elements
the extent to which an operational definition measures what it’s intended to measure is its
validity
the way of looking at universe of human experiences from a different perspective is (subjects)
academic disciplines
subjects not understanding the universe of human experience (‘how to’ subjects)
applied disciplines
