Chapter 1 Quiz

Sociological imagination refers to what?

An awareness of the relationship between a person's behavior and experience and the wider culture that shaped the person's choices and perceptions. It's a way of seeing our own and other people's behavior in relationship to history and social structure.

Who coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

Auguste Comte

Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of which paradigm?

Conflict theory

What term describes an approach that is an extension of symbolic interaction theory and proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be?

Constructivism

What concept refers to a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs?

Culture

Sociology and Psychology are the same field of study (T/F)

False

Qualitative sociology can be defined as: a. Statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants. b. Door to door sales pitches, cold calls, and press conferences c. virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming d. In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

What is the name of the theorist who believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production? a. Comte b. Max Weber c. Durkhiem d. Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Paradigms can be defined as:

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A theorist from which perspective would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges of meaning between the two groups?

Symbolic interactionist

Sociology is defined as the:

Systematic study of society and social interaction

Verstehen is defined by the text as a German word that means:

To understand in a deep way.

Auguste Comte is considered by many to be the father of sociology

True

Dramaturgical analysis refers to a technique used by sociologists in which they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance.

True

Karl Marx was one of the founders of sociology. His ideas about social conflict are still relevant today.

True

Since it was first founded, many people interested in sociology have been driven by the scholarly desire to contribute knowledge to this field, while others have seen it as a way not only to study society but also to improve it. (T/F)

True

Sociologists study how society affects people and how people affect society (T/F)

True

A hypothesis can be defined as:

a testable proposition

Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under?

conflict theory

Which theorist had a theory on how societies transformed from a primitive state into a capitalist, industrial society and believed that people rise to their proper levels in society based on merit?

Émile Durkheim