SOC150H1 Midterm: Sociology MidTerm Notes
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Subjectivity - the quality of being based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. Concepts/conceptualization : conceptualization: the action or process of forming a concept or idea of something, concepts: an abstract idea; a general notion. Variables : variable > any measurable concept with characteristics that change from one person, time, situation, or society to another. Variables must be changeable, valid and reliable to produce high quality research. Independent variable > a variable that is presumed to cause or determine a dependent variable: dependent variable > a variable that is assumed to depend on or be caused by the independent variable(s) Sociological imagination : at the heart of sociology is the sociological perspective/sociological imagination (c. w. mills, sociological perspective involves seeing the general in the particular. Reflexivity : reflexivity - a researcher"s awareness or analytical focus on their own position, as it impacts the work they conduct and subjects they study.
