Unit 1 Quiz- Chapter 1, 2, & 3

Microsociology

A sociologist analyzing the interactions between individuals during their everyday lives in using what level of analysis?

Religion

According to Max Weber, the key factor in society is __________.

Id

Freud's term for the part of the personality that is irrational, concerned only with seeking pleasure/ driven by basic urges and desires

show that they agree to share the group's values and interests

In order to remain in a group, people must do what?

social interactions

Macrosociology focuses on broad features of society while microsociology focuses on __________.

value free

Max Weber said that sociology should be __________.

broad features of society

Microsociology focuses on social interaction while macrosociology focuses on __________.

Role conflict

Occasionally, what is expected of us in one status (our role) is incompatible with what is expected of us in another status. This problem is known as __________.

George Herbert Mead

One of the sociologists who developed symbolic interactionism

George Herbert Mead

One of the sociologists who developed symbolic interactionism is __________.

Wright Mills

Perhaps ahead of the times, __________ warned of the dangers of the coalescing interests of the top leaders of business, politics, and the military.

Structure

Regardless of our feelings at any particular moment, social __________ guides our actions and behaviors.

dysfunctions

Robert Merton would say negative results of people's actions are __________.

status set

Sociologists use the term __________ to refer to all the statuses or positions that you occupy.

By belonging to a group, we assume an obligation to affirm the group's values, interests, and norms.

Sociologists would agree with which of the following statements?

communicate group membership to others

Some status symbols are used to __________.

Assumptions about a person based on their physical characteristics are usually a product of __________.

Stereotypes

trying to make sense of something

The first goal of science involves __________.

Herbert Spence

The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined

Anticipatory socialization

The process by which an individual learns to assume a role in the future

ascribed status

The status inherited by a baby born into a royal family is considered a(n) __________.

Sociology

The study of human behaviors (or what is)

Karl Marx

Who was the founder of conflict theory?

Roles

__________ are the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status.

social class

__________ divides people according to income, education, and occupation.

a senior citizen attending college

__________ is an example of status inconsistency.

Ethnomethodology

__________ is the study of how people use commonsense understandings to make sense of life.

symbolic interactionism

__________ operates at the microsociological level. In __________, symbols are the key to understanding how we look at the world and communicate with each other. Face-to-face interaction is the focus of analysis in __________.

Ego

compromises between id and superego

Which of the following is a functional requisite of each society?

preserving order

Which of the following is an example of a value that is transmitted through the social institution of the economy?

producing efficiently

Conflict theorists believe the primary purpose of __________ is to preserve the social order.

social institutions.

A wedding ring or a uniform is an example of a __________.

status symbol

Superego

the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations