sociology research methods an studying society
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Social structure
part of society
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Stratification system
Different levels of oppurtunity in society
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Nature
behaviour is instinctive
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Nurture
behaviour influened by environment
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Customs
norms that have existed for a long time, become part of a cultures tradition e.g. kiss someone under mistletoe
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social process
Various influences on behaviour and identity,helping keep society running smoothly
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canalisation
Where your identity is influenced by others e.g. parents give girls pink dresses
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Gender
Behavioural differences
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sex
Biological differences between males and females
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social control
society should follow the norms and values of that culture
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formal
you can be forced to act in a particular way through the threat of physical force
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informal
ways our behaviour is influenced through less obvious ways
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conform
follow the rules
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values
belief that something is good and worth while
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social issue
what people worry about in society
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social problem
issues people are concerned about
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social stratisfication
way that different groups of people are placed at different levels in society
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class
differences in economic rewards and life chances which result from the unequal distribution of income and property
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norms
unspoken rules on behaviour
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primary socialisation
learned behaviour thats considered appropriate for the society they live in
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secondary socialisation
occurs after your initial teaching within the family
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cultural diversity
form that culture takes varies in different times and places
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social class
measured in different ways-upper,middle,lower class
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4 Main research methods
social surveys, informal interviews, observation, use of secondary data
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quantative
statistics
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qualitative
words
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aim
what your investigating
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hypothesis
what you expect to find out
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piolet study
run through
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population sampling
whole group you are studying
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sampling frame
a list of everyone in the population
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sample
group of people taken from the sampling frame
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Random sample
everyone in sampling frame have an equal chance of being chosen
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stratified sample
sampling frame can be divided(males,females)random sample can be taken from each
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systematic sample
there is a regular pattern so every tenth name is chosen
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cluster sample
used when population spread out over a large area.
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quota samples
researcher sent out with instructions to find people with certain charaistics.
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*********** samples
finding one respondent and then them putting you through to several others
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primary data
collect data first hand
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secondary data
use statics that is already available
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reliability
refers to whether the findings can be checked by another researcher
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validity
making sure the method actually gets you the information
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ethics
are concerned with morality and standards of behaviour when carrying out research
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self completion questionnaire
are handed out or posted to the respondent and are posted back to researcher
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interview questionnaire
researcher reads out questiions and the respondent answers
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closed questions
fixed choice questions
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open ended questions
answer in their own way
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structured interview
suitable for facts and factual information
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unstructured
opinions/views
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longitudinal/panal studies
of the same group and is a study conducted over several years
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non participant observation
researcher is completely seperate from the research situation
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participant observation
the researcher becomes a member of the group
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covert
unaware the reseach is being done
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overt
researcher explains to the group about the study
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Different levels of oppurtunity in society
Back
Stratification system
Card 3
Front
behaviour is instinctive
Back
Card 4
Front
behaviour influened by environment
Back
Card 5
Front
norms that have existed for a long time, become part of a cultures tradition e.g. kiss someone under mistletoe
Back
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