| A | B |
|---|
| Alienation | Separation from one’s true self |
| Anomie | State of normlessness |
| Applied research | Pursuit of knowledge for Policy Evaluation |
| Basic research | finding causes of a social problem |
| Bourgeoisie | Capitalist class, business owners |
| Class consciousness | Awareness of one’s social position |
| Conflict perspective | society is run by competing powers |
| Dependent variable | The variable to be explained |
| Dysfunctions | Negative consequences of social structures |
| Empiricism | Gathering evidence using our 5 senses |
| Independent variable | the cause of the dependent variable |
