Chapter 1 Questions

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Individuals who feel a loss of direction when social control has become ineffective experience a state of what Durkheim called

Anomie

Basic sociology uses applied and clinical sociology to study as social problem to

Determine the deeper aspects of the social problem

Charles Horton Cooley studied society from a sociological perspective but focused on

Families and other small groups

Examining social problems through smaller groups and more intimate settings would be an example of which of the following?

Microsociology

Common sense beliefs are often wrong because they LACK which of the following?

A systematic analysis of facts

A hypothetical bureaucracy that represents all the characteristics of a bureaucracy would be what Weber called

An ideal type

Which of the following refers to Durkheim's notion on the loss of direction felt by individuals when social control becomes ineffective?

Anomie

Sociologists who study such problem as alcoholism, drug abuse, or domesit cilence in order to gain a better understanding of social problems from a local level to help soclve these problems would be using which of the following?

Applied sociology

Using sociology to yield practical application for human behavior and organizations is better known as

Applied sociology

Which of the following statements best represents the conflict of perspective?

Athletes take all the risks and tend to have short careers but are controlled and exploited by coaches, and owners.

Durkheim was concerned about modern industrial societies having a detrimental effect on the individual due to social change and argues that in order to adapt to these changed the individual should.

Become a member of a group

Karl Marx's view of society is best described as part of which of the following perspectives?

Conflict

Which theoretical perspective best helps shed light on the tensions and problems society faces?

Conflict

If sociologists were studying the social ranking of women in a sorority using Weber's vestehen, they would likely do which of to the following?

Consider the women's emotions and attitudes Examine the women's grades, social skills, or seniority within the sorority Learn how sorority members relate to other members of differing status

The theory that explains the methods individuals use to "put on a show" on order to manage other's image of them is called.

Dramaturgy

The negative or harmful consequences of a social pattern are known as

Dysfuntions

Sociology is not related to economics, because economists do not study human behavior.

False

Expanding our understating of social behavior,_______ sociologists have shifted the focus of domestic violence research away from victims, women , and placed emphasis on male abusers to further understand their behavior with such family issues.

Feminist

Marx spent most of his live living in exile. His native country was Gemany, by the fled to Paris, France, and corroborated with which early thinker?

Friedrich Engels

The feminist perspective in sociology focuses on the study _______ inequality.

Gender

Which sociologist is widely considered to be the founder of the interactionist perspective?

George Herbet Mead

Marx emphasized the ________ that influence an individual's place in society?

Group identifications and associations.

What english sociologist wrote the first book on sociological methods?

Harriet Martineau

Jane Addams which of the following?

Helped established a juvenile court system Helped prevent racial segregation in Chicago public schools Helped create a women's trade union

The functionalists perspective emphasized

How parts of a society are structured to maintain stability

The functionalists perspective emphasizes

How parts of a society are structured to maintain stability

An interactionist sociologist would be likely to study which of the following?

How workers communicate on the job Behavior in small groups

The conflict perspective focuses on

Inequality and tensions between individuals an society

What does Robert Merton call someone who engages in deviant behavior in order to achieve socially approved goals?

Innovators

Which of the following would best describe clinical sociology?

It facilitates the change through practices such as family therapy or the reorganization of a medical center.

Marx's view of society describes social institutions as means of

Maintaining the privileges of some groups

Which of the following is a latent function of the automobile in American society

Manufacturing and road construction jobs

Examining how a family goes on after the death of a loved one

Microsociology; Studying how different societies educate their children - Macrosociology

Parsons believed an aspect of society that does not contribute to society's survival or stability will

Not be passed on from one generation to the next.

Which of the following is a latent function of playing sports?

Playing sports instills values such as competition and respect.

Marx and Engels labeled the exploited workers the _______ and the wealthy owners the ____.

Proletariat; bourgeoisie

Which of the following would best describe a manifest function of education?

Providing knowledge to students

The work done by sociologists can do which of the following?

Reveal social factors influencing suicide rates Help us understand the group dynamic of jury deliberation

_______ was perhaps the first sociologist to successfully combined theory and research inhis sociological work.

Robert Merton

Parson's functionalist theory rests upon the idea that

Social components work together to maintain society

To understand how a social issue in society has an effect on our own lives requires what C. Wright Mills called ______?

Social imagination

The condition in which members of society have different amounts of power, prestige, and wealth is called ____ ______.

Social inequality

When considering race, gender, and religious boundaries, the discipline of sociology would be described as which of the following?

Sociology is most concerned with understanding the experiences of all people

Weber used the term verstehen to analyze social behavior. He believed that to understand behavior we must look at how other people view and explain their own behavior from a ______ perspective?

Subjunctive

Ida Wells-Barnett examined social problems from which of the following perspectives?

The Feminist view

Spencer argued that social change would eventually happen on its own and opposed taking action for immediate action. For this reason, Spencer was accepted by ___ _____/

The powerful

Marx and Engels authored The Communist Manifest, wherein they argued that

The proletariat workers should unite and overthrow the capitalists

People use verbal and nonverbal symbols in social interaction

True

Starting in the mid-20th century sociologists moved from theorizing and gathering information to the value-free interpretation of data, leaving social reform to social workers.

True

According to W. E. B. Du Bois, what is the greatest source of power in society?

Wealth

Which of the following illustrate the level of globalization in our world today?

Worldwide economic downturn in the wake of the Sep.11 2001 terrists attacks Unemployment in the U.S. caused by production shifting overseas Rock songs by Australian artist recorded by American record companies owned by Japanese corporations Changes in U.S. gas prices caused by oil production fluctuation

Sociologist examine society by which three of the following perspectives?

a. Interactionist b. Conflict c. Functionalist

Cow worship in Indian society, a provision of which prohibits eating beef, is a functioning part of that country's society for which of the following reasons

a. The cow provides a means of producing milk b. The cow produces drug used for cooking fuel and fertilizer c. The cow is used for plowing fields

A good theory

is both exploratory and predictive

A set of statements that seeks to explain social problems, actions, or behaviors is called a sociological________.

theory

According to Durkheim's research, which of the following people are less likely to commit suicide?

those socially connected to others


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