SOC 101
Study Guide Test #1
Chapters 1-3
What kind of sciences do not use the scientific methods? What are some examples of this type of
science?
What are four types of reasoning?
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Fill in the flow chart pertaining to Scientific Method.
Reasoning
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Observations and Experiments
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What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?
What is sociology?
Who is C. Wright Mills? What is his significance with Sociology?
How does history affect our lives?
Is common sense a reliable a source? Why or why not?
What is sociological theory?
In sociology, a _________________, is a set of statements that seeks to ___________ problems, actions,
or behaviors.
Who is Emile Dirkheim? What is their contribution to Sociology?
What is social integration?
What are the three stages of human explanation? Define each.
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Who is Auguste Comte? Explain his contribution.
What three revolutions occurred during this time?
Define anomie.
Who is Max Weber? Explain his contribution.
Who is Karl Marx? Explain his contribution.
What is the difference between macrosociology and microsociology? Who is related to this?
What is the difference between cultural capital and social capital? Who is related to this?
Define paradigm.
What is structural functional? Provide an example.
What is the difference between manifest function, latent function, and dysfunction? Provide an example
for each.
What is social conflict? Provide an example.
What is symbolic interaction? Provide an example.
What is dramaturgical analysis?
What does it mean to operationalize?
What are two things you need when you form a hypothesis?
What is the difference between validity and reliability?
What should be included in your conclusion?
Define research designs.
What is a survey?
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative research?
Define observation.
What is the significance of an experiment?
What is the difference between an experimental group and a control group?
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
Define existing sources.
What is content analysis.
Define and list out seven things that the Code of Ethics embodies.
What is culture?
What is cultural industry?
What is cultural universal?
What is the difference between cultural relativism and ethnocentrism?
What is dominant ideology?
Define innovation.
What is diffusion?
How has technology impacted Sociology?
What is the difference between material and non-material culture?
Define culture lag.
What is the difference between high culture and popular culture?
Provide examples for subculture and countercultures as you explain their differences.
What is culture shock?
What is one of the most important elements of culture and why?
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
What is an example of nonverbal communication?
Define norms.
What is the difference between informal norms and formal norms?
Define sanction.
What is the difference between positive informal sanction and negative informal sanction.
Define values.
What are culture wars?
Who is W. E. B. Dubois?