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1
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what is positivism?

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the use of a neutral view point to approach experimentation in scientific inquiry

2
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what is functionalism?

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the idea that social institutions play a role in keeping society running

3
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who favored the idea of functionalism?

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Emile Durkheim

4
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what is conflict theory?

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the idea that conflict between competition is the force behind social change

5
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who falls in line with the conflict theory perspective?

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Karl Marx

6
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what is symbolic interactisism?

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the idea that people act in response to the meaning signs and symbols have for them

7
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Who is august compte

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sociology’s founder 1798- 1857

8
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What is reverse causality?

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Thinking a causes b but really b causes a

9
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What is a spurious relationship

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The belief that two variables share a relationship when in reality there is a third variable.

10
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Who were the founding fathers of sociology?

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Karl Marx
Max Webber
Emile Durkheim

11
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What is deductive reasoning

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Starting with a big idea, then get data to see if idea is true.

12
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What is inductive reasoning

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Start with data, then build the big idea that explains the idea

13
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What are the 3 criteria for causation

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Correlation, time order and rule out other explanations.

14
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What is reliability ?

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The likelyhood of getting consistent results using the same measure.