Sociology Test 1A Crossword
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        
 
 
Down: 1) Methods that attempt to collect information about the social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form.2) A research approach that starts with empirical observations and then works to form a theory.3) Research approach that starts with a theory, forms a hypothesis, makes empirical observations, and then analyzes the data to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory.4) Simultaneous variation in two variables5) A strain withing sociology that believes the social world can be described and predicted by certain describable relationships.6) An entity that exists because people behave as if it exists and whose existence is perpetuated as people and social institutions act in accordance with the widely agreed upon formal rule or informal norms of behavior associated with that entity.7) A concept to describe the two behavioral scripts, one for moving through the world and the other incorporating the external opinions of prejudiced onlookers, which are constantly maintained by African Americans (W.E. DuBois)9) a micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions.10) Seeks to understand local interactional contexts; its methods of choice are ethnographic, generally including participant observation and in-depth interviews.11) A situation in which the researcher believes that A results in a change in B, but B in fact, is causing A.13) Forms the object of inquiry for interpretive sociology- to study how social actors understand their actions and social world through experience.14) The theory that various social institutions and processes in society exist to serve some important (or necessary) function to keep society running.15) A theory that attempts to predict how certain social institutions tend to function. Across: 8) Methods that seek to obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form.12) A complex group of interdependent positions that perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time.16) The study of human society.17) A condition characterized by a questioning of the notion of progress and history, the replacement of narrative within pastiche, and multiple, perhaps even conflicting, identities resulting from disjointed affiliations.18) The idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change in general.19) The ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces.20) A sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable21) The outcome that the researcher is trying to explain.22) Approaches that social scientists use for investigating the answers to questions23) A measured factor that the researcher believes has a causal impact on the dependent variable.24) Generally concerned with social dynamics at a high level of analysis- that is, across the breadth of a society.25) The notion that a change in one factor results in a corresponding change in another
 

 

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