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Sociology
The scientific and systematic study of human interaction
TERM 2
Sociological Imagination
DEFINITION 2
An awareness of relationships between individuals and the
social forces that shape us
TERM 3
Private Troubles
DEFINITION 3
Obstacles an individual faces, in a private manner, for their
social position
TERM 4
Public Issues
DEFINITION 4
Obstacles an individual faces for their social position as a
public matter.
TERM 5
Agency
DEFINITION 5
Freedom individuals have to choose and act
Social Inequality
A condition where members of society have differing
amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
TERM 7
Science
DEFINITION 7
The body of knowledge methods based on systematic study
TERM 8
Natural Science
DEFINITION 8
The study of physical features and objects
TERM 9
Social Science
DEFINITION 9
The study of human interaction
TERM 10
Theory
DEFINITION 10
A set of statements to better understand human social
problems, actions, or behaviors
Interaction Perspective
The interactions between smaller groups: Micro: George
Herbert Mead, Charles Horton Cooley, Erving Goffman
TERM 17
Applied Sociology
DEFINITION 17
Discipline for social behaviors
TERM 18
Clinical Sociology
DEFINITION 18
The use of discipline to reconstruct social insitutions
TERM 19
Globalization
DEFINITION 19
The whole world combining for government polices, social
movements, & financial markets for trade and ideas
TERM 20
Scientific Method
DEFINITION 20
A method to show consistency and objectivity in a research
problem
Operational
Definition
An abstract concept to show that the indicators are both
measurable and observable
TERM 22
Hypothesis
DEFINITION 22
a testable statement for the relationship between two
variables
TERM 23
Variable
DEFINITION 23
Measurable trait that can change
TERM 24
Casual Logic
DEFINITION 24
The relationship between a condition and a variable: one
event leading to another
TERM 25
Independent variable
DEFINITION 25
The casual variable that influences the second variable
