Module 1

The term interpretive work frame can be defined as:

A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.

Who coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

Auguste Comte

Max Weber and Karl Marx were advocates of

Conflict theory

When conducting sociological research, the variable that changes, or has the effect, is called the

Defendant variable

Weber's proposal of antipositivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds.

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

What is an example of non-reactive research?

Gathering data from government studies

Define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination

How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.

Jon wants to study whether a larger number of laptops available to students at his school lead to higher grades. What is the independent dependent variable?

Independent variable is the number of laptops, and the dependent variable are the grades

The sociology discipline initially began to grow during the major societal shifts taking place due to the

Industrial revolution

______ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production.

Karl Marx

What is not a step in the scientific method?

Receiving corroboration from the field

The specific plan for deciding who or what to study and for gathering data is known as the

Research design

Thomas wants to better understand The trends in literacy rates in Baltimore city over the 50 years using Baltimore city data. What type of research should Thomas conduct?

Secondary data analysis

Concept associated with symbolic interaction

Shared meanings

view society as a set of interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

Structural Functionalism

What is not an example of sociological hypothesis?

The more CDs Emma buys, the less money she has in her bank account.

Question that applies to conflict perspectives

Who benefits from a particular social arrangement and that who's expense?

Reliability is defined by the text as

a measure of a study's consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced

qualitative sociology

in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data

Abraham wants to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student morale by distributing number scaled surveys in his sociology 101 class. Abraham is using what research method?

quantitative