Unit A Flashcards
Sociology
The science of society.
Social facts
products of human interaction with persuasive or coercive power that exist externally to any individual
Data
systematically collected sets of empirical observations.
Sociological Research Questions
scientific strategies for collecting empirical data about social facts
Qualitative Research Methods
tools of sociological inquiry that involve careful consideration and discussion of the meaning of nonnumerical data
Quantitative Research Methods
tools of sociological inquiry that involve examining numerical data with mathematic
Sociological sympathy
the skill of understanding others as they understand themselves
Research ethics
The set of moral and principles that guide empirical inquiry.
Sociological theory
Empirically based explanations and predictions about relationships between social facts.
Social patterns
explainable and foreseeable similarities and differences among people influenced by the social conditions in which they live.
Standpoints
points of view grounded in lived reality.
Public sociology
This involves using sociological theory to make societies better.
Sociological imagination
This is the capacity to consider how people’s lives-including our own-are shaped by the social facts that surround us.
Structural Functionalism
Conflict theory
