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THE REAL WORLD
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2009

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Term
HOWARD BECKER
Definition

NOTHING EXISTS IN ISOLATION

 

"DOING THINGS TOGETHER"

Term
SAUL BELLOW
Definition

SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

 

MOST ACCLAIMED AMERICAN WRITER

Term
REPRESENTATIVE MAXINE WATERS
Definition

SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

 

MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN AMERICAN POLOTICS

Term
AHMAD RASHAD
Definition

SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

 

FOOTBALL PLAYER

Term
MICROSOCIOLOGY
Definition
SMALL GROUP INTERACTIONS THAT AFFECT THE LARGER PATTERNS OF SOCIETY
Term
MACROSOCIOLOGY
Definition
LARGE SCALE SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT EFFECT THE LIVES OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS
Term
PAM FISHMAN
Definition

RESEARCH STUDY ON THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE

 

MALE-INTERUPTS AND CHANGES CONVERSATION

 

FEMALE-TRYS TO CONTROL CONVERSATION

Term
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
Definition

WOMEN IN A MALE DOMINATED FIELD OF WORK HAVE LIMITS ON THEIR ADVANCEMENT

 

BUT MEN IN FEMALE DOMINATED FIELDS OF WORK RIDE A 'GLASS ELEVATOR' TO THE TOP

Term
THE MACRO MICRO CONTINUIM
Definition

SOCIETY

CULTURE

SOCIAL INSTITUITIONS

SOCIAL INEQUALITY

GROUPS

ROLES

SOCIALIZATION

INTERACTION

SELF

Term
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Definition
TRANSLATES THE SOCIAL WORLD INTO NUMBERS
Term
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Definition
NON NUMERICAL DATA SUCH AS FIELD NOTES
Term
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Definition
A QUALITY OF THE MIND THAT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR PARTICULAR SITUATION IN LIFE AND WHAT IS OCCURING AT THE SOCIAL LEVEL
Term
C. WRIGHT MILLS
Definition
CLAIMED SOCIAL IMAGINATION
Term
SOCIAL IMAGINATION
Definition
THE INTERPLAY OF SELF AND THE WORLD; THIS IS SOCIOLOGY'S TASK AND PROMISE
Term
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A SOCIOLOGIST?
Definition

-PASSIONATE INTEREST IN THE WORLD AND HUMAN AFFAIRS

 

-SOMEONE WHO IS INTENSE, CURIOUS, AND DARING IN THE PERSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

Term
CULTURE SHOCK
Definition
THE EXPERIENCE OF VISITING AN EXOTIC FOREIGN CULTURE THAT IS DIFFERNT FROM THEIR OWN
Term
BEGINNER'S MIND
Definition
APPROACHING THE WORLD WITHOUT PRECONCEPTIONS IN ORDER TO SEE THINGS IN A NEW WAY
Term
BERNARD McGRANE
Definition
SUGGESTS WE PRACTICE THE BEGINNER'S MIND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US
Term
WHAT DOES THE SOCIAL ANALYSIST SEE AND WHAT DOES THE ACTOR SEE?
Definition

ANALYSIST

sees with clarity

must labor to grasp simplicity

consistent

complete

completely coherent

ACTOR

glosses over

understands simplicity

inconsistent

incomplete

partially coherent

Term
NORBERT ELIAS
Definition
STUDIED THE MOST MUNDANE ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. HOW PAST BEHAVIORS HAVE CHANGED
Term
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Definition

COLLEGUE: GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT

 

TRAVELED FROM BRITAIN TO STUDY ABOUT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SENSE.

Term
JEAN BAUDRILLAD
Definition

1990'S FRENCH OBSERVER

DISSECTED AMERICAN CULTURE ICONS(DISNEYLAND, LAS VEGAS)

 

INTENT ON UPROOTING THE DESTRUCTIVE ABASS BETWEEN THEIR ATTRACTIVE VENEER

 

PESSIMISTIC

 

SAYS WE HAVE LOST ABILITY THE REAL VS. SPECIAL EFFECT

Term
ON A MACRO LEVEL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR FATES AND FORTUNES ARE LINKED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD?
Definition

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY

TREEDIES

TRADE AGREEMENTS

CURRENCIES

TRANSNATIONAL COORPERATIONS

Term
MARSHALL McLUHAN
Definition

SOCIAL THEORIST AND AUTHOR

PROPOSED THAT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION WERE CONNECTING THE FAR REACHES OF THE WORLD IN AN UNPRECEDENT WAY.

 

'GLOBAL VILLAGE'

Term
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY?
Definition
TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US
Term
THEORIES
Definition
ABSTRACT PROPOSITIONS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE AS WELL AS HOW THEY SHOULD BE.
Term
AUGUSTE COMTE
Definition

FIRST THINKER TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SOCIETY.

 

LABELED IT 'SOCIAL PHYSICS'

 

FRENCH

Term
POSITIVISM
Definition
SEEKS TO IDENTIFY LAWS THAT DESCRIBE THE BEHAVIOR OF A PARTICULAR REALITY
Term
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Definition
SERIES OF EVENTS BEGINNING WITH THEORY TO CONCLUSION
Term
HARRIET MARTINEAU
Definition

RAISED IN ENGLAND

 

JOURANLIST/POLITICAL ECONOMIST/AUTHOR

 

PROCLAIMED RACIAL ISSUES

 

SUPPORTED LABOR UNIONS, ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, AND WOMENS SUFFRAGE

 

STUDIED AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND WAS FASCINATED YET DISAPPOINTED

Term
WHAT WAS HARRIET MARTINEAU'S MOST VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIOLOGY?
Definition
SHE TRANSLATED AUGUST COMTE'S INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY TO ENGLISH
Term
HERBERT SPENCER
Definition

WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIOLOGY IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA

 

WROTE FIRST PRINCIPLES, ABOUT EVELOUTION. BEFORE DARWIN!

Term
EMILE DURKHEIM
Definition

DEVOTED HIS LIFE'S WORK TO ESTABLISHING SOCIOLOGY AS AN IMPORTANT, INDEPENDANT DISCIPLINE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD

 

PROVED THAT SUICIDE IS RELATED TO SOCIAL FACTORS

Term
ORGANIC SOLIDITARY
Definition
THE TYPE OF SOCIAL BONDS PRESENT IN MODERN SOCIETIES, BASED ON DIFFERENCE, INDEPENDANCE, AND IDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
Term
ANOMIE
Definition
A SENSE OF DISCONNECTION BROUGHT ABOUT BY CHANGING CONDITIONS OF MODERN LIFE
Term
SOLIDITARY
Definition
UNITY
Term
KARL MARX
Definition

GERMAN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHER

 

ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY

 

BELIEVED THAT THE SOCIAL ISSUES THE INDUSTRIAL REVELOUTION UNLEASHED WERE A RESULT OF CAPITALISM

 

CREATED CLASS STRUGGLES

 

'FATHER OF CONFLICT THEORY'

 

"FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED."

Term
CAPITALISM
Definition
THE EMERGING ECONIOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON ORIVATE OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND CHARECTORIZED BY COMPETITION
Term
MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Definition
ANYTHING THAT CAN CREATE WEALTH
Term
PROLETARIAT
Definition
WORKERS WHO CONTAIN NO MEANS OF PRODUCTION OF THEIR OWN AND ARE THEREFORE MEMBERS OF THE BURGEOISIE
Term
BURGEOISIE
Definition
OWNERS, EMPLOYERS OF THE WAGE LABOR
Term
SOCIALISM
Definition
A POLITICAL SYSTEM BASED ON STATE OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF PRINCIPLE ELEMENTS OF THE ECONOMY IN ORDER TO REDUCE LEVELS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Term
ALIENATION
Definition

THE SENSE OF DISATISFACTION THE WORKER FEELS AS A RESULT OF PRODUCING GOODS THAT ARE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE ELSE.

 

ACC. TO MARX

Term
MAX WEBER
Definition

USED WORK TO REBEL AGAINST FATHER

 

DISPUTE WITH FATHER, THEN FATHER DIED

 

WEBER SUFFERS BREAKDOWN

Term
RATIONALIZATION
Definition
THE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC LOGIC TO ALL SPHERES OF HUMAN ACTIVITY
Term
BUREAUCRACIES
Definition
INSTITIUITIONS CHARECTORIZED BY HIERARCHAL AUTHORITY AND FIXED PROCEDURES
Term
IRON CAGE
Definition
WEBER'S PESSIMISTIC DESCRIPTION OF MODERN LIFE
Term
SIGMUND FREUD
Definition

VICTORIAN TO FREER AREA

 

FOUNDED THE PSYCHOANALYSIS BRANCH OF PSYCHOLOGY

 

EROS VS. THANTOS

Term
REPRESSION
Definition

THE PROCESS THAT CAUSES UNWANTED OR TABOO DESORES TO RETURN VIA TICS, DREAMS, SLIPS OF THE TONGUE, AND NEUROSES.

 

ACC. TO FREUD

Term
SUBLIMATION
Definition

THE PROCESS IN WHICH SOCIALLY UNEXCEPTABLE DESIRES ARE HEALTHILY CHANNELED INTO SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE EXPRESSIONS.

 

 

ACC. TO FREUD

Term
EROS VS. THANTOS
Definition

EROS

LUST AND GLUTTONY YET TRANSFORMED IS SOCIAL BONDING AND CREATIVITY

 

THANTOS

VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION ONLY IN REPRESSION BUT IN SUBLIMATION IS TRANSFORMED TO COMPETITION

Term
PARADIGMS
Definition
A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS, THEORIES, AND PERSPECTIVES THAT MAKE UP A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL REALITY
Term
STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONISM
Definition
A PARADIGM THAT SOCIETY IS A UNIFIED WHOLE THAT FUNCTIONS BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS SEPERATE STRUCTURES
Term
WHAT ARE THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONALIST PARADIGM?
Definition

SOCIETY IS A STABLE, ORDERED SYSTEM OF INTERRELATED PARTS.

 

EACH STRUCTURE OR PART HAS A FUNCTION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO TEH STABILITY.

Term
STRUCTURES
Definition
A SOCIAL INSTITUTE THAT IS RELETIVELY STABLE OVER TIME AND NEEDS SOCIETY TO THRIVE.
Term
DYSFUNCTION
Definition
A DISTURBANCE TO SOME ASPECT OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
Term
AMERICAN FUNCTIONALISTS
Definition
TALCOTT PARSONS AND NEIL SMELSER
Term
TALCOTT PARSONS
Definition

DEFINED SOCIAL STRUCTURE AS...

ADAPTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT

REALIZATION OF GOALS

SOCIAL COHENSION

THE MAINTENENCE OF CULTURAL PATTERNS

Term
ROBERT MURTON
Definition

AMERICAN FUNCTIOALIST

DELINATED THEORY BY IDENTIFYING 'MANIFEST' AND 'LATENT' FOR MANIFEST FUNCTIONS AND LATENT FUNCTIONS

Term
MANIFEST FUNCTIONS
Definition
THE OBVIOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
Term
LATENT FUNCTIONS
Definition
THE LESS OBVIOUS UNINTENDED FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Term
CONFLICT THEORY
Definition

A MATERIALISTIC VIEW OF SOCIETY

 

A CRITICAL STANCE TOWARDS EXISTING SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

 

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF SOCIAL CHANGE

Term
IDEOLOGY
Definition
A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES
Term
HOW DID MARX REFER TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF HIS IDEOLOGY?
Definition
FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS: A DENIAL OF TRUTH ON PART OF THE OPRESSED
Term
CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
Definition
REVELOUTIONARY CONCIOUSNESS, THE RECOGNITION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY ON PART OF THE OPRESSED
Term
WHAT DID MARX BELIEVE THEY NEEDED FOR SOCIAL CHANGE?
Definition
TENSION AND CONFLICT
Term
DIALECTICAL MODEL
Definition
HISTORICAL CHANGE
Term
CRITICAL THEORY
Definition

WIDELY ADOPTED FORM OF MARXISM.  IT CRITICIZES MANY DIFFERENT SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND IDEOLOGIES OF DOMINATION AND DEPRESSION

 

HUGE!! HELPED SOCIOLOGY :)

Term
ELITES
Definition
THOSE IN POWER OF SOCIETY
Term
PRAXIS
Definition
PRACTICAL ACTION THAT IS TAKEN ON THE BASIS THAT IS TAKEN ON THE LEVEL OF THEORETICAL OR INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING
Term
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
Definition
MEANINGS ARE NOT INHERENT BUT ARE CREATED THROUGH INTERACTION
Term
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD
Definition

DERIVED SYMBOLIC INTERACIONISMS

 

USED DEWEYS THEORIES TO ADDRESS ?'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOUGHT AND ACTION, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY. FOCUSED ON MICRO LEVEL INTERACTIONS

Term
PRAGMATISM
Definition
A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT ASSUMES ORGANISMS MAKE PRACTICAL ADAPTIONS TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Term
WILLIAM JAMES
Definition

PRAGMATIST

 

SAID IF IT WORKS, ITS TRUE!

 

INSPIRED JOHN DEWEY WITH HIS IDEAS

Term
JOHN DEWEY
Definition

ASKED ?'S THAT HE STRUGGLED WITH ABOUT LIFE

 

BELIEVED THAT ADAPTION WERE IMMEDIATE NOT DEVELOPED OVER TIME AS DARWIN IMPLIES

Term
HERBERT BLUMER
Definition

FOUNDER OF LARGE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

 

WROTE 3 BASIC TENETS OF SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONALISM

1. WE ACT TOWARDS THINGS ON A BASIS OF THEIR MEANING

2.MEANINGS ARE NOT INHERENT, THEY ARE NEGOTIATED THROUGH INTERACTIONS

3.MEANINGS CAN BE CHANGED THROUGH INTERACTIONS

Term
DRAMATURGY
Definition
A THEORETICAL PARADIGM THAT USES THE METAPHOR OF THE THEATER TO UNDERSTAND HOW INDIVIDUALS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO OTHERS
Term
CONVERSATION ANALYSIS
Definition
A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH THAT LOOKS AT HOW WE CREATE MEANING IN NATURALLY OCCURING CONVERSATION
Term
ETHNOMETHODOLOGY
Definition

HERBERT GARTINKEE IS THE FOUNDER.

 

THE STUDY OF FOLK METHODS OR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS

Term
FEMINIST THEORY
Definition
LOOKS AT GENDER INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY AND THE WAY THAT GENDER STRUCTURES THE WORLD
Term
QUEER THEORY
Definition
A PARADIGM THAT PROPOSES THAT CATEGORIES OF SEXUAL IDENTITY ARE SEXUAL CONSTRUCTS AND THAT NO SEXUAL IS FUNDEMENTALLY EITHER DEVIANT OR NORMAL.
Term
POSTMODERNISM
Definition
A THEORY THAT ENCOMPASSES A WIDE RANGE OF AREAS, A PARADIGM THAT SUGGESTS THAT SOCIAL REALITY IS DIVERSE, PLURALISTIC, AND CONSTANTLY IN FLEX
Term
ETHNOGRAPHY
Definition
WRITTEN DOCUMENT
Term
WHAT ARE THE 5 METHODS?
Definition

ETHNOGRAPHY

SURVEYS

EXPERIMENTS

INTERVIEWS

EXISTING SOURCES

Term
JUDITH STACEY
Definition
USED PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION BY FOLLOWING A NORMAL AMERICAN FAMILY
Term
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
Definition
A METHODOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH ETHNOGRAPHY WHEREBY THE RESEARCHER BOTH OBSERVES AND BECOMES A MEMBER IN A SOCIAL SETTING
Term
RICHARD MITCHELL
Definition

A 'COVERT' RESEARCHER

 

MEANING HE HID HIS IDENTITY DURING RESEARCH

 

GET INVOLVED

 

FIELD NOTES

Term
CLIFFORD GEERTZ
Definition

ANTHROPOLOGIST

 

'THICK DESCRIPTION'

 

INCLUDING EXPRESSION AND TONE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Term
REFLEXIVITY
Definition
HOW THE IDENTITY AND ACTIVITIES OF THE RESEARCHER INFLUENCE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FIELD SETTING
Term
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ETHNORGAPHIES?
Definition

OFFER A MEANS OF STUDYING GROUPS THAT ARE NORMALLY OVERLOOKED

 

CAN CHALLENGE OUR NOTIONS

 

RESHAPE THE STEREOTYPES WE HOLD

 

MUCH PIONEERING METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATION

Term
GROUNDED THEORY
Definition
IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE CATEGORIES THAT ALLOWS ETHNOGRAPHERS TO BUILD THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS
Term
WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES TO ETHNOGGRAPHIES?
Definition

LACK OF REPLICIBALITY

 

THEIR DEGREE OF REPRESENTATIVNESS, WHETHER THEY APPLY ANYHTING LARGER THAN THEMSELVES

 

WARY OF BIAS, PERSONAL OPINIONS THAT AFFECT RESEARCH

Term
ANNIE HOCHSCHILD
Definition
USED INTERVIEWS TO STUDY A FAMILY EACH WORKING A CAREER
Term
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Definition

CLOSE ENDED-LIMIT ON ANSWER

OPEN ENDED-ANY ANSWER POSSIBLE

LEADING QUESTIONS-PREDISPOSED ANSWER

DOUBLE BARRELED QUESTION-TOO MANY ISSUES TO ANSWER AT ONCE

Term
LITERATURE REVIEW
Definition
A THOROUGH SEARCH THROUGH PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED STUDIES RELEVENT TO A PARTICULAR TOPIC
Term
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF A LITERATURE REVIEW?
Definition

1.THE RESEARCHER FORMS A HYPOTHESIS

2.THE RESEARCHER CLEARLY DEFINES VARIABLES

3.THE RESEARCHER PREDICTS POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

4.THE RESEARCHER COLLECTS DATA

5.LAST, ANALYZE DATA, EVALUATE ACCURACY OR INACCURACY OF THE HYPOTHESIS BY PREDICTING THE OUTCOME

Term
THOMAS KUHN
Definition
ARGUES THAT THE TRUTH IS RELATIVE AND DEPENDANT ON THAT PARADIGM THROUGH WHICH ONE SEES THE WORLD
Term
PARADIGM SHIFT
Definition
A MAJOR BREAK FROM THE ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY THE PREVIOUS MODEL
Term
WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES OF INTERVIEWS?
Definition

SPEAK THEIR OWN WORDS

 

BUT CAN COMPELL PERCEPTIONS

Term
WHAT ARE DISADVANTAGES OF INTERVIEWS?
Definition

RESPONDENTS NOT TRUTHFUL

 

REPRESENTATIVENESS

Term
LIKERT SCALE
Definition
A FORMAT IN WHICH A RESPONDENT CAN CHOOSE UPON A CONTINUIM
Term
WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES OF SURVEYS?
Definition

BEST METHODS TO GATHER DATA

 

RELATIVELY QUICK

 

RELIABLE

Term
WHAT ARE DISADVANTAGES OF SURVEYS?
Definition

LACKS QUALITATIVE DATA GENERALLY

 

NOT ALWAYS VALID ANSWERS

 

SAMPLING PROCESS ISSUES

 

USED TO SUPPORT A POINT OF VIEW RATHER THAN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

Term
PILOT STUDY
Definition
SMALL STUDY DONE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A LARGER ONE
Term
WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF KWOLEDGE?
Definition

EXPERIENCE

CULTURAL TRADITION

FAITH

AUTHORITY

SCIENCE

Term
HOW DO WE STUDY MORALITY OR ANY KNOWLEDGE?
Definition

SURVEY

EXISTING SOURCES

EXPERIMENT

INTERVIEWS

ETHNOGRAPHY

Term
ALL RESEARCH IS...
Definition
BIASED
Term
WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES TO EXPERIMENTS?
Definition

THEY CAN CONTROL THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

 

APPROPRIATE FOR RESEARCHERS WHO ARE DEVELOPING THEORIES ABOUT HOW THE SOCIAL WORLD OPERATES

 

THE EXPERIMENTS CAN BE REPEATED

Term
WHAT ARE DISADVANTAGES TO EXPERIMENTS?
Definition

ACHEIVING DISTANCE FROM THE MESSY REALITIES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

 

NOT GOOD FOR DESCRIBING MORE SOCIAL COMPLEXITIES/INTERACTIONS

 

THEY ELIMINATE ELEMENTS THAT WILL HAVE AN UNFORSEEN AFFECT

Term
EXISTING SOURCES
Definition
ANY DATA THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED AND I SAVAILABLE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Term
COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL METHODS
Definition
METHODS THAT USE EXISTING SOURCES TO STUDY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY IN VARIOUS REGIONS AND TIME PERIODS
Term
ALICE MILLER
Definition
INVESTIGATED CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL NOTORIOUS GERMAN FIGURES SUCH AS HITLER. IRONICALLY HE HAS A SEEMINGLY NORMAL CHILDHOOD
Term
CONTENT ANALYSIS
Definition
IS A METHOD IN WHICH RESEARCHERS COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES SPECEFIC VARIABLES-SUCH AS WORDS-APPEAR IN TEXT, IMAGE, OR MEDIA MESSAGE.
Term
KAREN PAYNE
Definition
ANALYZED 1,000 OF WOMENS LETTERS IN THE 18,19, AND 20TH CENTURY BETWEEN MATTERS OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
Term
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF EXISTING SOURCES?
Definition

RESEARCHERS ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH INFO. THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THEMSELVES

 

THEY ARE ABLE TO LEARN OF MANY SOCIAL WORLDS THEY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO ENTER

 

RELIABLE RESULTS

 

CAN RECONDUCT PROJECTS

Term
WHAT ARE DISADVANTAGES TO EXISTING SOURCES?
Definition

OFTEN SEEK TO ANSWER ?'S THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR DID NOT HAVE IN MIND

 

UNAWARE OF HOW ALL MESSAGES ARE INTERPRETED

Term
EDGAR SCHEIN
Definition

INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHER

 

SIMPLE MARKETING, BETTER BUISNESS POPULATION, INTEREST IN LOCATIONS

Term
VALUE FREE SOCIOLOGY
Definition
AN IDEAL WHEREBY RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY FACTS WITHOUT ALLOWING THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS OR BIASES TO INTERFERE
Term
DAVID MATZA
Definition
BELIEVED CHANGING THE WORLD PREVENTS THE RESEARCHER FROM UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Term
BASIC RESEARCH
Definition
SEARCH FOR KWOLEDGE WITH NO AGENDA TO CREATE CHANGE WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE
Term
APPLIED RESEARCH
Definition
USED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF CHANGE
Term
OBJECTIVITY
Definition
THE ABILITY TO ALLOW THE FACTS TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
Term
REACTIVITY
Definition

THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE AND EVENTS RESPOND TO BEING STUDIED

 

EX: HAWTHORNE

Term
DECEPTION
Definition
WHEN PARTICIPANTS OF RESEARCH ARE UNAWARE THEY ARE BEING PARTICIPANTS
Term
CODE OF ETHICS
Definition
ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCHERS TO CONSULT AS THEY DESIGN A PROJECT
Term
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
Definition
A GROUP OF SCHOLARS WITHIN A UNIVERSITY THAT MEET TO COLLECT WAYS TO PROTECT SUBJECTS IN THEIR PROJECTS
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