SOC100H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Altruistic Suicide, The Sociological Imagination, Stock Market
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Sociology the systematic study of human behaviour in social context. Social solidarity refers to: the degree to which group member share beliefs and values, and the intensity and frequency of their interaction. Values ideas about what is good and bad, right and wrong. Social structures relatively stable patterns of social relations. Sociological imagination the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and socials structure. Research the process of systematically observing reality to assess the validity of a theory. Experiment a carefully controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to isolate hypothesized causes and measure their effects precisely. Variable a concept that can take on more than one value. Randomization in an experiment, assigning individuals to groups by chance processes. Dependent variable the presumed effect in a cause-and effect relationships. Experimental group the group that is exposed to the independent variable in an experiment.
