SOCI 1002 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White-Collar Crime, Symbolic Interactionism, Auguste Comte
22 Feb 2016
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3 revolutions influenced sociology scientific, democratic and industrial. People were afraid of revolutions that"s why sociology was developed. Herbert spencer did social darwinism also the phrase survival of the fittest. Emile durkheim was a functionalist who studied suicide and developed social solidarity: the way people live together in harmony and the frequency of interactions. Karl marx is conflict theory focused on macro of class struggles, inequality. Max weber associated with both conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. With symbolic interactionism came the chicago school, symbolic interactionism focused mainly on micro levels. Research ethics: to start a study or experiment you must get approval from an ethics board, people must have signed consent forms and must have a way to get in touch with you afterwards to withdraw or what not. Quantitative: quantitative research involves the collection and analysis of data that must be able to be counted or mathematically calculated. Surveys such as the gini quoificient and quintile shares.
