SOCY 230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operationalization, Ethnomethodology, Content Analysis

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCY 230
• Professor: Rashawn Ray

Document Summary

This is an element of the ssp perspective that refers to how people are affected by social structure through their immediate social environments. These are the schools of symbolic interactionism with the perspective that social life and the self is stable. This describes the process by which we use symbols and language to give meaning and value to objects and people. Assuming that social dynamics on one level of analysis should apply to another level of analysis is characteristic of this fallacy. These are groups that ensure the benefits of a research project outweigh any potential harm to research participants. Persistent patterns of behavior and interaction between people is known as this. This face of social psychology emphasizes the study of how people negotiate the meaning of social life during their interactions with other people. This is a qualitative method that examines social life in the form of personal stories.