Sociology MidTerm Exam Study Guide Crossword

Studies that use numerical data and statistical analyses are always examples of: _____
Studies that interpret non-numerical data are always examples of:
Karl believes that society can be understood as a competitive, unequal sphere in which some people have power and other advantages that other people don’t. Karl most likely comes from _____ sociological perspective?
The social process that allows people to change after the early period of their lives is known as _____ socialization.
Strain theory and labeling theory both point out, in different ways, that _____ is a product of social and cultural conditions.
To discover causal relationships, traditionally scientific research tests connections between _____.
_____ is a standard method of qualitative research.
An example of an established sociological theory is: _____
_____ is not an element of culture.
The first form of society in human history was: _____
Societies that recognize power as being justified by formal and impersonal systems of rules and laws are ruled by _____ authority.
Sociologists think of _____ as the meaningful aspect of human _____ .
The arrangement of a society, in which each element occupies a position, is social _____.
Social _____ first developed because of technological advances in human societies that created surplus resources.
When one exercises power because members of society agree that it is appropriate and should be respected, it is said to be: _____
The most recent form of human society in history is known as: _____
_____ deviance is the kind of deviance that societies do not sanction using laws.
_____ is the process that trains individuals to function in social life—that is, to be members of their societies—by transmitting elements of _____
Sociology, and the social sciences in general, have moved away from their early reliance on _____ the belief that fundamental natural laws of human social behavior can be discovered.
_____ is the ability to get other people to do one’s will, regardless of their own will.
Those who participate in a smaller culture within the broader mainstream culture are members of a _____
_____ authority is based in the exceptional qualities of the person who holds it, such as their personality or the belief that they have divine favor.
_____ is the belief that cultures must be understood on their own terms.
Humans cannot become functional in society unless they undergo _____.
According to one of sociology’s major theories, how meanings are established.
An explanation for some phenomenon based on available evidence and interpretations.
In the Scientific Method, an “educated guess” about what the result of a study might be.
A way of gathering data in which a researcher becomes embedded with the people being studied.
The source of meaning for societies.
The violation of social norms, which is culturally relative.
A type of research that uses interpretive methods to gain a deeper understanding of society.