SOC 210-the real world quiz 1 CH 1
Max Weber believed that modern industrialized societies were characterized by which of the following institutions?
bureaucracies
According to Karl Marx, how could a belief in heaven as a reward for earthly suffering serve the interests of the ruling class?
by keeping the lower classes from demanding better treatment in this life
A reality television show called Wife Swap exchanged the mothers from two very different families and filmed the result as the participants are exposed to radically different ways of life. Although the television network was simply trying to be entertaining, the show also demonstrates the sociological principle of
culture shock
A dishonest judge must pretend to be an honest judge, but even an honest judge must play the role of "honest judge" for an audience in order to interact and work with others effectively. This performance is an example of what theoretical perspective?
dramaturgy
Regardless of their various approaches to social phenomena, what are all sociologists trying to do?
illuminate the connection between the individual and society
According to Karl Marx, the most important factor in social life is a person's
relationship to the means of production.
In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Émile Durkheim argued that religion was a powerful source of social solidarity because
religion reinforced collective bonds and cultivated shared moral values.
Émile Durkheim suggested that in traditional societies, people were bound through mechanical solidarity. What was the basis of these sorts of bonds?
shared traditions and similar experiences
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
Why are there disagreements among sociologists about how to define sociology?
Sociology encompasses a large intellectual territory.
Durkheim theorized that the rapidly changing conditions of modern life lead to anomie. What is anomie?
normlessness or a loss of connections to the social world
Which of the following statements best characterizes microsociology?
It is an approach that examines interactions between individuals and how those interactions reflect larger societal patterns.
Structural functionalist theory is concerned with the ways in which structures contribute to the stability of society. What is a structure?
a social institution that is stable over time and helps meet the needs of society
There is a close relationship between sociology and the other social sciences. Given how much overlap there is between these fields, why does sociology still exist as a separate discipline?
All the other fields are more specialized, but sociology is a field that considers a huge intellectual territory.
According to Robert Merton, which of these statements about manifest functions is true?
Manifest functions are intended and obvious.
According to C. Wright Mills, what one quality of mind do all great sociologists possess?
sociological imagination
In order to verify what the everyday actor might just accept or assume to be true, the social analyst must take the perspective of the
stranger
Which of the following theories views society as a whole unit made up of interrelated parts that work together?
structural functionalism
What is the sociological imagination?
the ability to understand the connections between biography and history or the self and the world
Max Weber believed that as the Industrial Revolution progressed, society became increasingly rationalized. How did he define rationalization?
the application of economic logic to all aspects of social life
