Sociology

Sociology Study Guide

Activity 4: Matching Match the different psychological theory to the appropriate definition. 1. Social Statistics 2. Social Dynamics 3. Social Darwinism 4. Social Psychology 5. Functional Perspective 6. Conflict Perspective 7. Interactionist Perspective 8. Academic Sociology 9. Applied Sociology a.

Survival of the fittest society. b. Focuses on the struggles resulting from tension, competition, and change in societies. c. The study of how an individual fits into, interacts with, and alters the roles in a social system. d. Sociological research that researchers to increase knowledge. e. Study of order and stability. f. Study of society’s ability to adapt to change, both internal and external. g. Sociological research that strives to find answers to immediate and practical problems. h. The consideration of how parts of a society act and react. i. Views society as a whole consisting of various parts, each of which has different functions necessary for the stability of the whole; and it focuses on why societies assume the particular forms that they each do. Systematic (and usually standardized) way of collecting data. b. Simple method of research that involves describing live events that are occurring in a natural environment. c. Making use of information already in existence. d. An applied research technique that involves determining the relationship between two variables while the variables are in a carefully controlled environment. e. The most detailed accounts of an event, group, or social process – past or present.

Activity 5: Matching Match the research method with the appropriate definition. 1. Social Experiment 2. Surveys 3. Observational Study 4. Case Study 5. Research Evaluation a.

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