Weeks 1 amp; 2: What is sociology? (definitions / as different from other disciplines / as defined by Comte amp; Durkheim) When / why did it start?...

Weeks 1 & 2:

· What is sociology? (definitions / as different from other disciplines / as defined by Comte & Durkheim)

· When / why did it start?

· What is Social Status? Ascribed Status? Achieved Status? (recognize examples of each)

· What is Comte's "Law of 3 stages"?

· What are Durkheim's concepts of Mechanical and Organic Solidarity?

· What does Durkheim mean by "Social Facts"?

· How did Durkheim study Suicide? What are the types of suicide?

· What are Tonnies' concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft relationships? Can you identify examples of each?

· Be sure to review the other early sociologists (Marx/Weber/Spencer) from your review sheet

· How to read a table / figure

Week 2:

· What is the "Sociological Imagination"?

o personal troubles and public issues

o the intersection of biography and history

o False Conscious

· Be sure to review the data on families in Chapter 2

· Review your notes from Chapter 1 of the FOREST and the TREES!

o what is the relationship between social systems and individuals?

Vocabulary of Science:

· independent and dependent variables

· positive and negative relationships

o Be able to recognize both in hypotheses (like our worksheet)

· operational definitions

o What are the two rules of writing operational definitions (and what do they mean?)?

Week 2 & 3:

· What are the two research traditions in sociology?

· What are the main methods used by sociologists?

· What is the Hawthorn Effect?

· What is a random sample?

· What is the best method for different types of research questions?

· What does triangulation mean?

· Rules of Evidence and Judgment

· Logical Fallacies

o Fallacies of Presumption: Hasty Generalization, False Bifurcation, False Cause (Spurious Association), Post Hoc Fallacy

o Fallacies of the Wrong Level: Ecological Fallacy, Reductionist Fallacy