Lecture 1

Question 1

Model Minority Myth

Answer 1

the claim that some groups have a stronger work ethic than others (only visible when we view society as a ‘whole’)

Question 2

Sociological Imagination

Answer 2

• interpret an individual’s experience in a broader (shared) social context
• distinguish an individual from social factors (ie: how does the economy affect us all?)

Question 3

Quantitative Evidence

Answer 3

• Includes statistics about a social group as a whole
• uses broad-level surveys or measurements of objective factors
• shows general trends in society and indications of broad trends

Question 4

Qualitative Evidence

Answer 4

• more fluid, on an individual basis
• uses direct observations of interactions (eg: interviews)
• shows the ways society can be seen at the individual level)

Question 5

Natural Sciences

Answer 5

• easy to see WHAT is being studied
• descriptive (shows how things work/ operate)
• ‘natural laws’: things that we can predict with absolute certainty

Question 6

Social Sciences

Answer 6

• (sociology), systematic, reliable, objective knowledge about ‘society’
• evidence obtained from carefully studying or verifiable/testable by others

Question 7

Social Facts

Answer 7

• visible at the level of society as a whole, not in individuals
• may be seen in differences between different groups, in society-wide trends

Question 8

What are the 5 different aspects of social facts?

Answer 8

• cultures (values, norms, beliefs that shape behaviour)
• institutions (consciously set up to guide relations)
• structures (relationship btwn ppl in society)
• conflicts (differences btwn groups, class etc)
• roles (the ‘types’ of person you might be)