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Hawthorne effect A specific example of reactivity, in which the desired effect is the result not of the independent variable but of the research itself. Deception The extent to which the participants in a research project are unaware of the project or its goals.

Code of ethics Ethical guidelines for researchers to consult as they design a project

Institutional review board A group of scholars within a university who meet regularly to review and approve the research proposals of their colleagues and make recommendations for how to protect human subjects.

Sociology The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions. Society A group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish their group from other groups.

Social Sciences The disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world.

Sociological Perspective A way of looking at the world through a sociological lens

Beginner's mind Approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see things in a new way (BERNARD MCGRANE) Culture Shock

A sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically new social or cultural environment

Sociological imagination A quality of the mind that allows us to understand the relationship between our individual circumstances and larger social forces. (C. WRIGHT MILLS)

Microsociology The level of analysis that studies face-to-face and small-group interactions in order to understand how they affect the larger patterns and institutions of society.

Macrosociology The level of analysis that studies large-scale social structures in order to determine how they affect the lives of groups and individuals.

Theories In sociology, abstract propositions that explain the social world and make predictions about the future. Paradigm A set of assumptions, theories, and perspectives that make up a way of understanding social reality.

Positivism The theory, developed by AUGUSTE COMTE, that sense perceptions are the only valid source of knowledge....