quiz 1

Is the microsociological or macrosociological perspective more useful in analyzing social phenomena?

Both are useful in different ways because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.

Émile Durkheim's study on suicidefoundthat not only did suicide rates increase when the economy slumped; they also increased when the economy boomed. Which of Durkheim's concepts explains why both positive and negative economic conditions could increase suicide rates?

anomie

What practice did Bernard McGrane suggest that individuals adopt to better understand the world around them?

beginners mind

How do sociologists observe society?

by studying the various parts of a society and the ways they interact and influence one another

What school of social theory believes that society is a stable system of structures that contribute to the equilibrium of the whole?

structural functionalism

Which of the following theories views society as a whole unit made up of interrelated parts that work together?

structural functionalism

Which of the following theories focuses on how our behaviors are dependent on the ways we interpret, make sense of, and define ourselves, others, and social situations?

symbolic interactionism

Critical race theory is associated with which of the major theoretical perspectives or schools of thought in sociology?

conflict theory

Macrosociology is an approach that

examines large-scale social structures to see how they affect individual lives

The phrase "the survival of the fittest" is credited to whom?

herbert spencer

Regardless of their various approaches to social phenomena, what are all sociologists aiming to accomplish with their work?

illuminating the connection between the individual and society

What is one of the weaknesses of being an everyday actor when it comes to understanding everyday life?

making assumptions and failing to investigate or verify those assumptions

Metaphorically, what part of sociology is most like a zoom lens on a camera?

microsociology

According to C. Wright Mills, what is one quality of mind that all great sociologists possess?

sociological imagination

Who must the social analyst take the perspective of in order to verify that which the everyday actor might just accept or assume to be true?

stranger