Fill-in the concepts:
In the sentences below, fill in the blanks with these concepts (all concepts may not
be used):
alienation
anomie
control group
dysfunctions
experiment
experimental group
functions
latent functions
life history
manifest functions
mechanical solidarity
organic solidarity
participant observation
perspectives
population
qualitative methods
quantitative methods
random sampling
rationalization
representative sample
research methods
sample
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scientific method
social interaction
social power
social structure
sociology
structured interview
survey
theory
1. _________________________ is the scientific study of ______________________
(relatively permanent components of society) and ________________________ (acts
and responses of people).
2. Durkheim distinguished two types of unity in society: ________________ where
everyone shares the same values and ________________ where people are
interdependent and often hold different values.
3. Marx, Durkheim, Weber all looked at how industrial changes impacted people.
Durkheim felt industrialization could produce _________________ in which
society norms are in conflict or absent; Marx thought capitalism could produce
___________________ in which people feel that life is meaningless; and Weber
emphasized _____________________ where the traditional thinking of the past
was being replaced by efficiency, self control and effectiveness.
4. Functionalist theorists use many terms when looking at society.
__________________ are actions that have positive consequences;
________________ are actions that have negative consequences;
___________________ are those functions that are intended whereas
_____________ are unintended.
5. ________________________ research techniques are designed to obtain subjective
understanding, interpretation and meaning of social behavior and includes
conducting a long interview called a ____________________ and participating in
the activity being studied which is _______________________.
6. __________________________ research techniques include gathering data through
a _____________________, _____________________________ or
______________________.
7. An experiment contains two groups being studied, the ________________
receiving the treatment and the _____________________ which does not receive
the treatment.
8. It is often difficult for researchers to study all the people in the
_____________________ or group that is being studied so instead sociologists use a
____________________________ which is obtained by using a sampling procedure
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called a ________________________ in which everyone in the group being studied
has an equal chance of being selected.
9. Conflict theorists view society as held together by ______________________.
10. In conducting research, sociologists follow the _____________________________, an
objective, judicious approach to empirical evidence.