Introduction to Sociology

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Decks in this class (16)

Chapter 1: What Is Sociology?
Sociological imagination 1,
Sociological imagination was deve...,
Industrial revolution 3
5  cards
Chapter 1: Historical Figures
Emile durkheim 1,
Karl marx 2,
Max weber 3
6  cards
Chapter 1: The Three Perspectives
Sociology 1,
Sociological theory 2,
Hypothesis 3
12  cards
Chapter 2: Research Methods
Quantitative research 1,
Qualitative research 2,
Literature review 3
21  cards
Chapter 2: Ethnography/Participant Observation
Ethnography 1,
Participant observation 2,
Rapport 3
8  cards
Chapter 2: Interviews
Respondent 1,
Focus group 2,
Leading questions 3
5  cards
Chapter 2: Surveys
Close ended question 1,
Likert scale 2,
Open ended questions 3
8  cards
Chapter 2: Experimental Methods
Experiments 1,
Experimental group 2,
Control group 3
5  cards
Chapter 2: Issues In Sociological Research
Basic research 1,
Applied research 2,
Bias 3
10  cards
Chapter 3: What is Culture?
Culture 1,
Material culture 2,
Non material culture 3
35  cards
Chapter 4: Socialization
Socialization 1,
Self 2,
3 stages of how children learn 3
28  cards
Chapter 5: Power and Authority
Traditional authority 1,
Charismatic authority 2,
Legal rational authority 3
7  cards
Chapter 6: Deviance
Deviance 1,
The three perspectives on deviance 2,
Functional analysis of deviance 3
20  cards
Chapter 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality
Social stratification 1,
Social inequality 2,
Social stratification is 3
16  cards
Chapter 7:
Income 1,
Wealth 2,
Intergenerational mobility 3
9  cards
Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity
Race 1,
Ethnicity 2,
Chain migration 3
13  cards

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