Exam Study Guide: Unit 1
Chapter 1:
1. Definition of sociology
2. Definition for society
3. Definition of culture shock and beginner’s mind
4. Sociological Imagination (definition) → C. W. Mills
5. The difference between the micro and macro perspective
• Could you recognize examples from each perspective?
6. Definition of theory
7. The founder of sociology
For each theoretical perspective below, be able to define and describe the basic
principles, key components, what level of analysis each focused on, and major
contributor for each (as shown below):
• Functionalism
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Conflict theory
• Weberian theory
Chapter 2:
1. Definition for scientific method
2. Definitions of independent variable, dependent variable, intervening variable
a. Could you recognize examples?
3. Definition for correlation and causation
4. Definitions of bias and objectivity
5. Definition for target population and representativeness