Sociology Terms II

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The Hawthorne effect

people acting differently because they know they are being studied

Reactive effect

another name for the hawthorne effect.

Unobtrusive or nonreactive research

research that studies behavior in ways that do not have an impact on the subjects

Accretion measures

another name for artifact research

Triangulation

using more than one research method to balance weaknesses and strengths

Sample

the portion of the larger population that you will study to make generalizations about the larger population

Heterogeneous

diverse

Random sample

a sample in which every person from the larger population had an equal chance of being chosen

Convenience sample

picking from what is convenient

Informed consent

consent of the subject of research after they have been informed of what they will have to do and the benefits and the possible harms

Ubiquitous

omnipresent

Material culture

anything humans make or adapt from raw material/tangible.

Artifacts

byproducts of human behavior

Nonmaterial culture

intangible items

Symbols

a type of nonmaterial culture that is anything that represents something else to more than one person