Sociology 

________: Whether questions accurately measure the intended characteristic.

________: Tendency we all have to look for and accept information that reinforces what we already believe.

________: Integration of political and economic systems; has brought about intercultural communication and an exchange of ideas and values.

________: A system that puts categories of people into a hierarchy.

________: a type of in- depth study of a group and its culture.

________: A group of individuals who share a similar socio- economic position based on income, wealth, education, and occupation.

Doing gender: ________ and Don Zimmerman developed the idea that we perform actions that produce gender.

________: Cultural or ethnic bias, whether conscious or unconscious.

________: the total amount of money that you possess or would possess if you sold off your assets.

________: The information you have and the people you know, the connections you have that help individuals enter pre- existing networks or gain power from them.

Roles: a set of expectations about the behavior and attitudes of people who occupy a particular social status: a person or group's ________ within a larger group or society.

________: rules and expectations by which a group guides the behavior of its members.

________- Meanings of gender are created through social interaction and social norms.

________: Gaining prestige by exhibiting valuable cultural goods.

________- Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality.

Income: the amount of money a(n) ________ from employment or investments.

________: Item observed in a study (ex: individual people, cities, neighborhoods, apartment complexes, nations)

________- A set of stories that tie you to a social group.

________: common culture, religion, history, or ancestry shared by a group of people.

________: relationship between variables.

________ has been used to justify some dimensions of the social world.

________: Gathering data by asking people sets of questions.

________: Research experiment in which researchers match participants on key characteristics.

________: A way of defining variables into measurable items.

A variable: is any characteristic that has more than one ________.

________: Consistency of measurements.

________: A belief that personal responsibility and individual effort are the sole.

________: Refers to the Opportunities to provide yourself with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences.

________: as a personal conception of oneself as male, female, both, or neither.

________: a system that humans created to classify groups of people based mostly on skin tone.

Absolute ________: A measure that considers the basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, and clothing; those without these necessities are considered poor.

________: The human phenotype is a set of visible characteristics like the color of our skin, hair and eyes.

________: Research method in which researcher spends time among a group, observing and participating in their daily lives.

Experiment: A(n) ________ in which the environment is controlled to isolate the effects of one factor or characteristic.

________: Is a measure that takes into account the relative economic status of people in a society by looking at how income is distributed.

________: When a third variable actually explains the apparent connection between two variables.

________: Advantages that are built up over generations and contribute to social class inequality.

________: refers to a collection of movements that advocate for equality of all genders and sexes.●By focusing on the experiences of women and adding these to the experience of men, feminist research allowed for findings to be more generalizable.

________: set of social statuses, roles, groups, networks, and institutions that organize and influence the way people go about their lives.

- conflict theory

- Relational sociologist \n - The central conflict in an industrialist society is between two groups

feeling separate from work, others and a sense of humanity

• symbolic interactionism

• Sociologists generate interpretative understandings

• His approach is distinctly cultural

• Introduced the idea of methodological individualism

• Structural Functionalism

• Integration and regulation - Too little regulation leads to "Anomie"

• Introduced the concept of mechanical and organic solidarity

Too little regulation leads to "Anomie"

Research method in which researcher spends time among a group, observing and participating in their daily lives

A way of defining variables into measurable items

relationship between variables

One variable causes a change in another variable

Which variable is affecting the other when a relationship exists

When a third variable actually explains the apparent connection between two variables

Whether questions accurately measure the intended characteristic

Consistency of measurements

Problems introduced to data when respondents give answers they believe are socially acceptable

set of social statuses, roles, groups, networks, and institutions that organize and influence the way people go about their lives

People and groups who influence our orientation to life, our self-concept, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors

Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality

A set of stories that tie you to a social group

rules and expectations by which a group guides the behavior of its members

the things which are valuable or allow us to accomplish goals

Refers to the Opportunities to provide yourself with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences

Series of social relationships that link a person directly to other individuals and indirectly to even more people

Central domains of social life that guide our behaviors and meet our

A group of individuals who share a similar socio-economic position based on income, wealth, education, and occupation

Analysis of existing sources, focusing on key themes and patterns

a type of in-depth study of a group and its culture

Tendency we all have to look for and accept information that reinforces what we already believe

a statement about how variables are expected to relate to each other

A system that puts categories of people into a hierarchy

the amount of money an individual earns from employment or investments

the total amount of money that you possess or would possess if you sold off your assets

Movement from an ascribed social class position to a new achieved social class position

Advantages that are built up over generations and contribute to social class inequality

A belief that personal responsibility and individual effort are the sole

A measure that considers the basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, and clothing; those without these necessities are considered poor

Is a measure that takes into account the relative economic status of people in a society by looking at how income is distributed

The information you have and the people you know, the connections you have that help individuals enter pre-existing networks or gain power from them

Cultural or ethnic bias, whether conscious or unconscious

Members of a dominant culture adopting cultural goods (e.g., ideas, symbols, skills, cultural expressions, intellectual property) of other cultural groups for profit

Imposition of a dominant group's material and symbolic culture onto another group

Integration of political and economic systems; has brought about intercultural communication and an exchange of ideas and values

as a personal conception of oneself as male, female, both, or neither

Meanings of gender are created through social interaction and social norms

Candace West and Don Zimmerman developed the idea that we perform actions that produce gender

refers to a collection of movements that advocate for equality of all genders and sexes.●By focusing on the experiences of women and adding these to the experience of men, feminist research allowed for findings to be more generalizable

a system that humans created to classify groups of people based mostly on skin tone

common culture, religion, history, or ancestry shared by a group of people

The human phenotype is a set of visible characteristics like the color of our skin, hair and eyes