Quest: Chapter 1 – Intro to Sociology
You should have the following things in your notebook. You should look over these in order to
study for the quest.
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What is Sociology?
Worksheet on the Research Process.
Chart on the 3 theories/perspectives of Sociology
Chart on the “Big 5” of Sociology
“3 Classic Studies” reading
“Interchangeable Lenses” reading
People/Terms to know:
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Sociology
Sociological Imagination
Functionalist Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Interactionist Perspective
August Comte
Herbert Spencer
Social Darwinism
Karl Marx
a. Bourgeoisie
b. Proletariat
10. Emile Durkheim
11. Max Weber
12. Verstehen
13. Anthropology
14. History
15. Psychology
16. Political science
17. Variable
a. Independent
b. Dependent
c. Control Group
18. Correlation
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Spurious
19. Random sample
20. Survey Method
a. Questionnaire
b. Interview
21. Analysis of Existing Sources
a. Historical Method
b. Content Analysis
22. Observational Studies
a. Detached observation
b. Participant observation
c. Case Study
d. Guinea pig effect
23. Experiment
24. Statistical analysis
25. Function
26. Dysfunction
27. Manifest function
28. Latent function
29. Kitty Genovese
30. Tally’s Corner
Topics to look over:
1. Be able to look a situation and tell me what types of topics a sociologist would look at
using their sociological imagination.
2. List AND describe the 7 steps of research
3. 6 Methods of gathering data…including the pros and cons of each
4. The 3 theories of sociology – how each of them views society and what topics they
would each examine