Sociology unit 1-2 Flashcards
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Sociology
It is the study of human groups and social behaviours.
Scientific methods
Research based on observable, empirical and measure evidence that precedes from observation, hypothesis-testing then evaluation.
Sociological imagination
A from of critical thinking that examines the social world from multiple points of view.It sees the social in individual behaviour.
Theory
A theory is a statement about the way the world is believed to work. The role of sociological theories is to explain social behaviour in the real world. For example, why are some people racist.
Sociological perspective
A sociological perspective is a collection of theories that provides researches with a model to guide and reflect upon their social research.
Feminism
A theoretical perspective that advocates the gender equally by opposing sexism and patriarchy.
Research methods
The ways in which researchers collect data, conduct research and analyse findings.
Experiment
Controlled research that involves testing the effects on ones variable on another variable. Usually by comparing results from a control group to an experimental group.
Survey
Research involving participants responding to a set of questions or statements that are usually analysed statistically .
Questionair
Research involving a set of planned questions for participants to answer which is usually analysed statistically.
Interview
Research whereby a participant is asked to answer a series of questions through a on on one conversation.
Field work
Research involving the careful observation and recording of participants behaviour in a naturalistic setting.
Participant observation
Research involving the careful watching and recording of participants behaviour in a clinical or naturalistic setting.
Sociological discourage
A discourse is a way of reflecting on data and observation made about people and an event. Opinions are based upon a collection of beliefs, “truths”, myths and language of a culture/subculture.
Stereotype
Assumptions about individuals based on their social group membership rather then an individual characteristics.
Youth
A socially constructed, age based, social category appropriate to western society which usually includes young people between the ages of 12 and 24.
Adolesence
A term with strong biological associations describing the period pf onset of puberty to full sexual reproduction and full physiological maturation.
Prejudice
A positive or negative prejudgement (attitude) about an entire category of people.
Discrimination
The unequal treatment towards a category of people.
Ethnicity
The particular culture features that are shaped by a distinctive group or population. The social traits shared by these grouping include nationally ideology and lifestyle. Common language, common culture and religious practices and a common ancestry support and ethnic identity.
Cultural hybridity
The process of combining and drawing upon different cultural and ethnic identities to create a new hybridised culture, slightly changing the dominant culture in the process
Social class
The social identity and status of groups and people based on shared social and economic background. In Australia the term socioeconomic status (ses) is often used interchangeably with social class.
Intergenerational inequality
Disadvantage that passes across multiple generations within the one family
Gender
Refers to the socially and culturally constructed categories of famine and masculine compared to biological categories of sex.
