SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Immigrants, Rent-Seeking, Thorstein Veblen

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: Terence James Mc Ginn

Document Summary

Study guide: soc 100, unit 3: social issues - part 1. Sociological theory asks the big questions about the world, why groups do things. Babbie social science research - address issues with logic and observation. Best problems with quantitative research - accept statistics without question: positivism vs. verstehen (approach) Vertehen subjective, meaning and understanding of experience: key events in history of sociological research. 1975 combinations: quantitative v. qualitative. Qualitative (elaine bell) participant observer (experience) may not be on the whole demographic. Ethnography able to dig deeper into the meaning of people"s situations and stereotypes. Participant observer one observes participant as part of field research. The ethnographer becomes immersed in the culture as an active participant and records extensive notes. Activism: definition of activism; its relationship to theory and research; recognize categories of activism. Activism an intentional effort to create change. Consciousness raising trying to educate people, if they knew they would think differently.