Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Sociology (Key Terms 11-20)

Question 1

The organized and generalized attitude of a social group

Answer 1

Generalized others

Question 2

An attempt to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change

Answer 2

Grand theories

Question 3

A testable proposition

Answer 3

Hypothesis

Question 4

The unrecognized or unintended consequences of a social process

Answer 4

Latent functions

Question 5

A wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society

Answer 5

Macro-level

Question 6

Sought consequences of a social process

Answer 6

Manifest functions

Question 7

The study of specific relationships between individuals or small groups

Answer 7

Micro-level theories

Question 8

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them

Answer 8

Paradigms

Question 9

The scientific study of social patterns

Answer 9

Positivism

Question 10

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data

Answer 10

Qualitative sociology