sociology 100 csulb exam #1
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1. sociological imagination: as defined by C. Wright Mills, it enables us to grasp history and biography &
the relations between the two within society
2. proletariat: to marx, conflict b/w a small # of capitalists & a large # of workers would divide society. this is the
large #
3. max weber: wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
4. emile durkeim: sociologist that wrote Suicide in 1897
5. erving goffman: came up with asylum, institutions
dramaturgical analysis- front and backstage
6. qualitative and quantitative: two broad approaches social scientists
7. causality: when one factor is said to influence another factor
8. In social research, a hypothesis is a: proposed relationship between two or more variables.
9. deductive: researcher tests a theory by collecting and examining empirical evidence to see if it is true.
10. inductive: a researcher first gathers and analyzes data, then constructs a theory to explain her findings.
11. reflection theory: although some criticize rap music for its violent lyrics, many rappers defend it by saying
it emerges directly from their experiences. Those rappers who make these claims are invoking:
12. cultural scripts: gendered behaviors, such as wearing dresses and high heels, are examples of learned
behaviors that are not natural or universal
13. media centralization: the fact that fewer and fewer groups own more and more of the media.
14. Children like Anna, who have experienced long periods of isolation, illustrate
how: "human nature" is the result of a complex relationship between nature (biology) and nurture (the social
environment).
15. ascribed status: a person has little or no control over.
ex last name (born with)
16. achieved status: earned
17. impression management.: According to Goffman, we all try to make good impressions on others and
we actively work to ensure that others believe they are doing the same.
18. dyad: ceases to exist if even one member leaves the group
ex date with another person
19. Solomon Asch's experiments on group conformity demonstrate:: how powerful
the influence of a group can be on an individual.
20. narrative: set of stories that ties you to a social group
21. embeddedness: the degree to which ties are reinforced through indirect paths within a social network
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1. sociological imagination: as defined by C. Wright Mills, it enables us to grasp history and biography &
the relations between the two within society
2. proletariat: to marx, conflict b/w a small # of capitalists & a large # of workers would divide society. this is the
large #
3. max weber: wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
4. emile durkeim: sociologist that wrote Suicide in 1897
5. erving goffman: came up with asylum, institutions
dramaturgical analysis- front and backstage
6. qualitative and quantitative: two broad approaches social scientists
7. causality: when one factor is said to influence another factor
8. In social research, a hypothesis is a: proposed relationship between two or more variables.
9. deductive: researcher tests a theory by collecting and examining empirical evidence to see if it is true.
10. inductive: a researcher first gathers and analyzes data, then constructs a theory to explain her findings.
11. reflection theory: although some criticize rap music for its violent lyrics, many rappers defend it by saying
it emerges directly from their experiences. Those rappers who make these claims are invoking:
12. cultural scripts: gendered behaviors, such as wearing dresses and high heels, are examples of learned
behaviors that are not natural or universal
13. media centralization: the fact that fewer and fewer groups own more and more of the media.
14. Children like Anna, who have experienced long periods of isolation, illustrate
how: "human nature" is the result of a complex relationship between nature (biology) and nurture (the social
environment).
15. ascribed status: a person has little or no control over.
ex last name (born with)
16. achieved status: earned
17. impression management.: According to Goffman, we all try to make good impressions on others and
we actively work to ensure that others believe they are doing the same.
18. dyad: ceases to exist if even one member leaves the group
ex date with another person
19. Solomon Asch's experiments on group conformity demonstrate:: how powerful
the influence of a group can be on an individual.
20. narrative: set of stories that ties you to a social group
21. embeddedness: the degree to which ties are reinforced through indirect paths within a social network
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