Sociology

Sociology Study Guide

Activity 3: Matching Match the terms to the appropriate definition. 1. Chicago School 2. Theory 3. Theoretical Perspective 4. Manifest Function 5. Latent Function 6. Symbolic Interactions 7. Symbol 8. Subjectivity 9. Objectivity 10. Methodology 11. Social Concept 12. Variable 13. Causation 14. Population 15. Population Sample 16. Random Sample 17. Respondents 18. Qualitative Method 19. Quantitative Method

a. Broad assumptions about society and social behavior that provides a point of view for the study of specific problems. b. A selection of test subjects that is representative of theentire population. c. The first educational institution offering a doctoral degree in sociology. d. Anything that represents something else. e. Basing a decision on one’s own feelings or experiences. f. The tested individuals; test subjects. g. When one variable is found to influence another. h. Unintended consequence. i. A characteristic that is subject to change. j. The tested or observed group of people. k. Obvious consequence. l. A generalization discovered by observation. m. The set of standards and procedure that guide a sociologist’s experimentation or observation. n. Selection of test subjects chosen in a randommanner. o. Interacting with items of symbolic value in society. p. A type of research procedure that uses measurable quantities; numbers and statistics are common. q. An organized statement that lays out a set of concepts in a significantly relevant way in order to explain the relationship among them. r. Basing a decision on factual information, like mathematical data. s. A type of research procedure that uses a more description verbal approach to collecting data.

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