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Decks in this class (43)

Basics- Themes
What is sociology,
What does sociology include,
What did marx believe
23  cards
Basics- Sociological Theories
What does functionalism say,
What does durkheim say,
What kind of theory is functionalism
45  cards
Research Methods
What do sociologists aim to do,
What is reliable research,
What is reliable data
19  cards
Research Methods- Issues in Research
What are the two theoretical appr...,
What does positivism look at,
What does interpretivism look at
22  cards
Research Methods- Research Design
How does specialist skills influe...,
What influences a sociologist whe...,
What are sources of funding
45  cards
Research Methods- Questionnaires
What kind of questions do questio...,
How do closed questions affect re...,
How do open ended questions affec...
8  cards
Research Methods- Interviews
What is an interview,
What do you have to do for an int...,
What are structured interviews
11  cards
Research Methods- Experiments
Who are experiments used by,
How does an experiment start,
What happens to the variables in ...
11  cards
Research Methods- Observations
What happens in a covert observation,
What happens in an overt observation,
What is a participant observation
8  cards
Research Methods- In-Depth Research Methods
What are case studies,
What is a life history case study,
Why do interpretivists like case ...
14  cards
Research Methods- Secondary Data
What kind of statistics are objec...,
What kind of statistics are objec...,
What is social trends
10  cards
Education- Role of the Education System
What are the three functions of e...,
What did durkheim say,
What did parsons say
26  cards
Education- Relationships and Processes within Schools
What is the hidden curriculum,
What is part of the hidden curric...,
What is labelling theories
21  cards
Education- Class and Differential Achievement
How are pupils from professional ...,
Who are more likely to take a lev...,
How are pupils from disadvantaged...
28  cards
Education- Ethnicity and Differential Achievement
Who are the highest achievers at ...,
How do indian pupils perform in e...,
How do students from mixed ethnic...
22  cards
Education- Gender and Differential Achievement
Who generally get better results ...,
Who generally get better results ...,
Who are generally more likely to ...
30  cards
Education- State Policy and Education
What types of schools were involv...,
What did the 1944 act do,
What were grammar schools
57  cards
Education- Applied Research Methods
What is a subculture,
Which studies used unstructured i...,
What are advantages of using unst...
12  cards
Families and Households- Nature and Role of Family in Society
What is a household,
What is a family,
What does kinship mean
38  cards
Families and Households- Changes in Family Structure
What is pre industrial society,
What is industrial society,
What family is most common in pre...
38  cards
Families and Households- Roles and Relationships Within the Family
What are conjugal roles,
What did bott study,
What are segregated conjugal roles
34  cards
Families and Households- Changing Family Patterns
What is a matrifocal family,
What could be the reason for the ...,
What is the fastest growing house...
23  cards
Families and Households- Demography
What is demography,
What does immigration cause,
What does emigration cause
27  cards
Families and Households- Diversity and Social Change
What does chester think,
What does chester argue that stat...,
What doe new right theorists beli...
17  cards
Families and Households- Childhood
Why is childhood a social construct,
What did pilcher highlight,
How did aries study children
18  cards
Theory and Methods- Functionalism and New Right
How do structural theories view s...,
What is parsons organic analogy,
Why do functionalists describe ch...
29  cards
Theory and Methods- Marxism
What do conflict theorists believ...,
What does marx say,
What does marx say that the means...
26  cards
Theory and Methods- Feminism
How do feminists view society,
What does feminist theory aim to do,
What do feminists believe about t...
18  cards
Theory and Methods- Action Theories
What do action theorists say,
What do action theorists say abou...,
Why are action theories often cal...
34  cards
Theory and Methods- Modernity and Postmodernity
What does modernity refer to,
What did modernity bring about 3 ...,
What is thinking like in modernit...
44  cards
Theory and Methods- Sociology and Science
How do scientists collect data,
What does science value,
What are scientific statements ba...
36  cards
Theory and Methods- Sociological Theory and Methods
What are values,
What did comte marx and durkheim ...,
What did comte marx and durkheim ...
21  cards
Theory and Methods- Sociology and Social Policy
What are the 4 practical purposes...,
What are social policies,
What are 3 examples of social pol...
34  cards
Beliefs- Theories of Ideology
What are the 5 ways ideology has ...,
Who uses the word ideology,
How do marxists see ideology
24  cards
Beliefs- Theories of Science
What do critics of religion claim,
What do critics of religion believe,
What is the traditional view of s...
22  cards
Beliefs- Theories of Religion
Why is the definition of religion...,
What is a substantive definition,
What is a problem with substantiv...
34  cards
Beliefs- Religion and Social Change
Why is religion often seen as tra...,
What is the example in india of h...,
How do marxists and feminists vie...
21  cards
Beliefs- Religious Organisations
Why do sociologists often use a t...,
What are the four main features o...,
What is a monopoly of truth
28  cards
Beliefs- Religion and Social Groups
What is religious belief,
What is religiosity,
What did the 2011 census find abo...
21  cards
Beliefs- Religiosity in the Contemporary World
What is the purpose of recording ...,
What has been the trend in uk chu...,
What has been the trend in attend...
11  cards
Crime and Deviance- Defining Crime and Deviance
What is crime,
What is deviance,
Is all crime deviant
10  cards
Crime and Deviance- Functionalist Theories of Crime
How does crime and deviance reinf...,
What did durkheim say about deviance,
When does crime become dysfunctional
13  cards
Crime and Deviance- Labelling Theory of Crime
What assumption did becker challenge,
What did interactionists study,
How do interactionists argue that...
11  cards

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