Chapter 2 Notes Flashcards
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actively seeking to understanding,analyze, and evaluate information to solve problems.
Critical Thinking
are patterns of thinking that affect how we respond to new ideas
Mind-sets
Make sure you comprehend the problem-research paper
Get an understanding of the problem
Communication/aggressiveness vs assertiveness
Gather Information and interpret it
may have to choose between alternatives
Develop a solution plan carry it out
communication
Evaluate the Plan’s Effectiveness
a perspective or a set of statements that explains why processes and events occur
theory
The Top Down View
-Focuses on a large scale patterns of society
Macro-level orientation
The Bottom Up View
-Focus on Small-Scale patterns of society
Micro-Level Orientation
Intended
Open, Stated, and conscious function
Manifest functions
Unintended, Unconscious or unintended functions
These functions have hidden purpose
Latent functions
the process by which offspring learn attitudes,beliefs, and values appropriate to their society and culture so they can function effectively society.
- To provide economic support for family members
- To provide emotional support for family members
Socialization
views individuals and groups as being basically in conflict and groups as being basically in conflict with each other for power and scarce resource
- conflict among opinions
- conflict among spouses, children,families
conflict perspective
Chores,childcare,vacation
Conflict over power
Tv,use of the car
Conflict over resources
Focuses on internal family interactions, the ongoing action and the response of family members to one another
symbolic interaction
gestures or words that we interpret or define as we observe them in other people
symbol
people define situations as real (politeness vs. flirting)
Definition of the situation
based on others interactions-looking glass self
self-image
uses questionnaires or interviews to collect data from small representative groups (samples) Which are them used to generalizes conclusions valid for larger groups (populations)
Survey Research
What is step one in survey research?
decide on the population & the sample
everyone has the same opportunity of being chosen
Representative/random
researchers pick people for convenience or availability-instructors using students in their class
Non-representative
a sample of specific subgroups of your population in which everyone has an equal chance of being included in the study
stratified random sample