Sociology Pop Quiz

What is the Nuremberg Code

Code of ethics followed by researchers to ensure experiment is ethical

What does the Nuremberg Code say

voluntary human consent is essential, research must be for the good of the society, benefits must outweigh the risks, avoids unnecessary mental and physical suffereing, no deadly experiments, proper prepartions to protect participants, performs by qualified professionals and experiment must be terminated once resutls are known

What are the American Sociological Association Code of Ethics

Maintain objectivity and integrity in research, respect subjects rights to privacy and diginity, protect subject from harm, seek informed consent, acknowledge collaboration and assistance, and disclose sources of financial support

Ongoing Issues in Research Ethics

Is it ethical to use vulnerable populations in research? Where is funding coming from? Is it incentive or bribery?

Structural Functionalism

How societies function, what makes them tick. Social facts and rules that constitute social life

Social Facts

the laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs, fashions, rituals, and any other cultural rules that govern social life

Critiques of Structural Functionalism

Does not explain social change or inequality

Conflict theory

explicitly attempting to make sense of social change and inequality

Critques of conflict theory

Does not focus on stability or indentify when society works, too radical

Symbolic Interactionism

everyday interactions and how they are reflective of larger social patterns

Symbols

representations of things that aren’t immediately obvious or inherent, but we learn their meanings in our own context

Critiques of Symbolic Interaction

too small and narrow of a focus, not generalizable to larger population