hard terms

reification

social facts

positivism

anti positivism

verstehen

public sociology

postmodern social theory

sociological imagination

figuration

social institution

social solidarity

latent functions

content analysis

empirical evidence

ethnography

interpretive framework

literature review

non reactive research

participant observation

population

primary data

secondary data

reliability

validity

accuracy

value neutrality

cultural universals

culture lag

diffusion

globalization

ideal culture

real culture

innovation vs invention

norms

sanctions

sapir whorf hypothesis

social control

subculture

achieved status

anomie

ascribed status

false consciousness

habitualization

institutionalization

iron cage

looking glass self

proletariat

rationalization

role conflict vs role strain

role set

social integration

thomas theorem

anticipatory socialization

degradation ceremony

generalized other

hidden curriculum

moral development

nature vs nurture

peer group

resocialization