SOC 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Georg Simmel, The Communist Manifesto, Anomie

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Schlaerth Christian

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Conflict theory: conflict is necessary for social change, most important changes in a society are economic, wrote the communist manifesto . Social facts: patterned ways of thinking, acting and feeling that exist outside any one individual bit that exert social control over each person, emile durkheim. Anomie: a condition where social control becomes ineffective due to the loss of shared values and of a sense of purpose in society, most likely to occur during a period of rapid social changes. Research methods (steps in the process, types of methods) The conventional research model: (focus on quantitative research: select and define the research problem, review previous research, formulate the hypothesis (if applicable, develop the research design, collect and analyze the data, draw conclusions and repost the findings. Survey research: a poll in which the researcher gathers facts or attempts to determine the relationship between facts.