Sociology chapter 1 & 16 test

Who coined the idea of positivism?

Auguste Comte

Two divorced people who marry and each bring their children into a new family unit to form a ______.

Blended family

What is the term for kids who live at home even after they may be self sufficient?

Boomerang children

Marx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of production

Bourgeoisie

Who stated that the sociological perspective enables us to grasp the connection between sociology and biography?

C. Wright Mills

What is the key to society in that some small groups control the means of production and exploits those not in control?

Class Conflict

dual income, no kids

DINKS

Who wanted to make sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline & show that social forces affect peoples behavior

Emile Durkheim

What is the term for when kids leave the home and parents are left "alone"?

Empty Nest

The first goal of each scientific discipline is to ________.

Explain why something happens

What do sociologists believe our thinking and motivation are determined by?

Having influences drawn from our life experiences

Who is know as the "second founder of sociology" and said that sociologists should not guide social reform-disrupts natural process?

Herbert Spencer

What would a psychologist study?

How the mind works

What are the four main factors that contributed to the development of Sociology?

Industrial Rev, American & French rev, rise of imperialism and success of natural sciences

Who worked for social justice for poor, created the "hull house" located in Chicago slums that gave people refuge: immigrants, sick, aged, poor?

Jane Adams

Who coined the term "conflict theory" in regard to conflicts such as those with family and marriage?

Karl Marx

Which ethic groups strong religious beliefs and family ties has resulted in a significantly smaller divorce rate?

Latino

What is the emphasis on male strength, sexual vigor & dominance (has been decreasing with each generation)?

Machismo

Who believed that religion was the center of change?

Max Weber

Who coined the term "second shift"?

Melvin Kohn

What is a frame of mind so that personal prejudices, preferences or predilections do not interfere with the collection of analysis of data; the goal of scientific investigation?

Objectivity

What kid of family tends to struggle financially and have the grandparents often care for the children?

One-Parent

Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production

Proletariat

What is the use of objective, systematic observations to test theories?

Scientific method

What is the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.

Social Darwinism

the corners in life that people occupy because of their place in society

Social location

What is a group of people who share a culture and a territory?

Society

allows one to gain a new perception of social life; imagination

Sociological perspective

one of the first schools to accept sociology as a major; Jane Adams

University of Chicago

Who stated that the best interpreter of human behavior is someone who has been there?

Verstenen

"the soul of black folks" analyzed changes that occurred in social and economic conditions of African Americans the 30 years post civil war

W.E.B. BuBois

adults living together in a sexual relationship without being married

cohabitation

what are prevailing ideas in a society; the things that everyone knows are true?

common sense

societies groups complete one another (industrial revolution) class conflicts key to society, some small group controls the means of production and exploits those not in control

conflict perspective

group members must marry within their group (cultures banning interracial marriage)

endogramy

People must marry outside of their group

exogamy

What do you call something that becomes apart of our thinking and motivation?

external influences

society is a whole unit made up of parts that work together; each part of society does and how it contributes to society

functionalism

What is going beyond the individual case and make statements that apply to a broader group or situation?

generalization

How do Americans most commonly commit suicide

guns

the tendency to marry people of similar backgrounds

homogamy

What is a family consisting of a husband, wife, and children?

nuclear family

What do you call a women with more than one husband?

polyandry

What is a husband that has more than one wife?

polygamy

What is applying scientific method to the real world?

positivism

Spatial nearness; we need to fall in love with and marry someone who lives near us or we met at school, church, work etc

propinquity

Repeating studies to copare new results with original findings

replication

What do you call it when women work a job all day and then they go home to do household jobs?

second shift

a group's reoccurring patterns of behavior (weddings in June)

social facts

The degree to which members of a group of society feel united by shared values and other bonds

social integration

the degree to which members of a group of society feel united by shared bonds

social integration

We create our own worlds, we need to keep a positive outlook

symbolic interactionism

things we attach meaning to, key to understanding how we view the world and communicate with one another. Developed by George Herbert mead and charles Horton Cooley. Symbols define our relationships, respect and obligation

symbolic interactionism

What are levels at which the three different sociological perspectives focus on?

symbolic interactionism, conflict, and functionalism

1/5 don't have kids, double 30 years ago, more education = less likely to have kids. More of pursing careers, travel, and want less stress

women without children