SOCIOL 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Internal Validity, Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, The Sociological Imagination
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Major concepts/questions: schemas, thomas principle, sociological imagination, use and function of cultural objects. Terms: positivism - the view that social phenomena ought to be studied using the scientific method (auguste comte, functionalism - the view that to study any aspect of society, it must be examined as part of a whole. Society is made of different, but related structures that have a particular function: independent variable - any variable considered to cause or have an effect on some other variable, dependent variable - something to be explained. This system has strict norms, rules, and schedules and are often separated by society through distance, laws, or other means. E. g. prison, military compounds, mental health facilities: audience segregation - people occupy multiple roles & act differently in each role. Independent variable is considered to cause or have an effect on some other variable.
