Unit 1: JUST VOCAB

• Goal of researchers = total neutrality?

  Objectivity
• Scientific study of society and human behavior?

  Sociology
• Group of people who share the same culture & territory?

  Society
• Consequences that undermine the stability of a society?

  Dysfunction
• Group's patterns of social behaviors - invisible forces that influence life?

  Social Facts
• What we compete for?

  Scarce Resources
• Actions that are intended?

  Manifest Functions
• View that a Sociologist's personal beliefs/biases should not influence research?

  Value Free
• Meanings people attached to their own behaviors, how people interpret THEIR life situations?

  Subjective