SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hawthorne Effect, Erving Goffman
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Modern sociology: chicago school: 1920"s and 1930"s. During the 1940"s sociology was focused more toward the east: During the 1960"s sociology was focused more toward the. Textbook: focuses on the relationships among individuals within a society. Communications: the exchange of meaning through language and symbols. Micro-level: doing everyday activities of humans in a society. Urban, race relations, immigration/labor, and public policy. Be curious and ask questions: 4w1h: When, where, who, why, and how: purpose: Evaluative: how well something works: how: Dependent: the variable that results from the change. Direct: up/up or down/down; +/+ or -/- Theories: testable hypothesis to observe correlations: research. Triangulation: using multiple research methods to maximize strengths and minimize weakness. Experimentation: controlled stings, hard to replicate, establish cause and effect, and a control group. Hawthorne effect: people change their behavior because they are being observed. Survey: generate a lot of data from large number"s of people.
