SOC-2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociological Perspectives, Dominant Ideology, Cultural Relativism

• School: Clemson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC-2010
• Professor: Shannon Mc Donough

Document Summary

Sociological perspective (sociological imagination) perspective where we see individuals by looking at the broader situation. Social institution society has certain institutions to fulfill specific roles/needs for the society: ex economy, family, the media, education, the state (government), healthcare. Institutionalization certain social relationships and actions within these societal institutions become institutionalized meaning they become the norms/customs of that society. Latent function: manifest functions recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern, latent functions unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern. Quantitative vs. qualitative: quantitative methods seek to find information in numerical form, qualitative methods seek to find information that cannot be readily put into numerical form. Conclude if you can reject, confirm, or modify a theory: inductive approach. Concepts mentally ideas that show the world in a simple form. Operationalization defines variables into measurable factors, allows fuzzy" concepts to be measured empirically and quantitatively.