Sociology Quizzes

Symbolic interactionism is an example of which kind of theory?

microtheory

If someone has no way to make money but to sell his or her own labor, then he or she must be a member of what social group?

poleteriat

Mills argues that when a society's values are "threatened," a ________ occurs.

public issue

Once you have identified a problem and done a literature review, what is the next step of the research process?

select a research method

The theory of symbolic interactionism was developed by

the Chicago of sociology

_________ describes social bonds that tie us together through shared rituals, values, and beliefs, whereas _________ are the social bonds that tie us together through similar work-related tasks.

Mechanical solidarity; organic solidarity

Ethnographies and participant observation are examples of which kind of research?

Qualitative

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

Which of the following does Mills use to illustrate the difference between a personal trouble and a public issue?

When one person loses her job, it is a personal trouble. But when a whole society's unemployment rate rises, that is a public issue.

Functionalists argue that it is important for people to be connected to each other and to society to avoid something called _________.

anomie

According to the conflict perspective, what is the name of the group of people who "own the means of production?"

bourgeoise

According to the conflict perspective, which of the following drives social change?

conflict between social groups

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality, even if it does not benefit them personally?

false consciousness

_________ occurs when people willingly buy into ideas, values, and ideologies that represent the interests of powerful social groups.

hegemony

Desensitization and normalization of sexual imagery, violence, overrepresentation of particular groups of people in certain roles, or ideologies about the way the world works are best classified as what kinds of media effects?

long term, unintended

If I wanted to explain how society's institutions shape the lives of individuals in that society, I would probably draw on ideas from a _______.

macrotheory

A person with a ____________understands that individuals are shaped by society, but also shape society.

sociological imagination