SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hawthorne Effect, Broken Windows Theory, False Consciousness
22 Apr 2018
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Max weber: status groups share common patterns of consumption/lifestyles; not the same as economic class, old money vs. new money , status boundaries are maintained by exclusive schools, country clubs, residences, veblen (1912): conspicuous consumption . Culture wars: beginning in the late 20th cent. , many scholars argued that american had become polarized in their views on issues such as abortion & homosexuality, conflicts over these issues were referred to as culture wars . Research methods (textbook chapter 2: variable: any measureable characteristic that can change in value/quantity, examples of variables: income, sex, education, level & many more, independent variables (iv) cause changes in dependent variables (dv) p. 35: iv = cause & dv = effect. Correlation vs. causation: keep in mind, correlation does not necessarily indicate causation, a spurious (false, misleading) correlation looks like it might be casual, but it is not.
