Chapter 1: Introduction to Sociology

According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a social fact?

All of the above are social facts

Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:

Conflict theory

What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?

Constructivism

Weber's proposal of anti-positivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds.

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.

How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.

Qualitative sociology can be defined as:

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

Karl Marx; Communism

A paradigm can be defined as:

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups.

Symbolic interactionist

Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?

Émile Durkheim