SOCI-2013 Chapter 1 Quiz

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When did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the United States?

About 1900

Unlike simple stereotypes, sociological generalizations ________

Are based on all available facts

The social-conflict approach sometimes receives criticism for ________

Being openly political

A limitation of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it ________

Does not focus on the widespread influence of class or culture

Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would expect the sociological imagination to be more widespread in a population ________

During times of social crisis

The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was ________

Emile Durkheim

To evaluate a theory using evidence, sociologists _______

Gather data or facts

Who helped launch the discipline of sociology by studying the evils of slavery and also by translating the writings of Auguste Comte?

Harriet Martineau

Sociology provides an advantage to students preparing for later careers by preparing them for work ________

In teaching, criminal justice, business, and many other careers

Using the social-conflict approach, a sociologist might highlight _________

Income differences among young people in high school

Which pioneering sociologist founded Chicago's Hull House to assist immigrants and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

Jane Addams

Looking at the United States, high suicide rates are typical of areas in which people ________

Live spread apart in rural areas

________, one of the founding sociologists, urged sociologists to understand a social setting from the point of view of the people in it.

Max Weber

In deciding what kinds of questions to ask in their research, sociologists are guided by ________

One or more theoretical approaches

Looking at the operation of U.S. schools guided by the social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to conclude that _________

Our society provides some students with far better schooling than others

C. Wright MIlls claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed _________

Personal problems into public issues

Who was the U.S. sociologist who distinguished between the manifest functions and the latent functions of social patterns?

Robert K. Merton

Most of today's sociologists agree with Auguste Comte's claim that ________

Science has an important place in sociology

According to Auguste Comte, the type of thinking favored by people such as Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, becomes common in a society at which stage of societal development?

Scientific stage

Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society as a whole. Which of the following concepts refers to these negative consequences?

Social dysfunctions

Which concept is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behavior?

Social structure

The "framework for building theory that sees society as an area of inequality that generates conflict and change" is the ________

Social-conflict approach

The main characteristic of the _______ approach is its view of society as being orderly and stable.

Structural-functional

Herbert Spencer described human society as a complex system having much in common with _________

The human body

Which theoretical approach would highlight the fact that, on average, African American families have less income than white families?

The race-conflict approach

The early sociologists Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim used the ________

The structural-functional approach

Comte describe the earliest human societies as being at which stage of historical development?

Theological stage

The ancient Romans saw the stars as being gods. Auguste Comte would classify Roman society as being in which of the following stages of history?

Theological stage

A statement that explains how and why specific facts are related is called a(n) ________

Theory

Karl Marx, speaking for the social-conflict approach argued that the point of studying society was ________

To bring about greater social equality

Which of the following examples illustrates a micro-level focus?

Two people traveling on an airplane getting to know one another

What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?

Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position

Examples of people applying their knowledge of sociology at work include people in medicine ________

Understanding patterns of health in a community

Which early sociologist received the first doctorate ever awarded by Harvard University to a person of color?

W. E. B. Du Bois

In the feature about Barbara Ehrenreich working at low-wage jobs, we learned that she _________

Worked very hard, but barely made enough money to pay for her basic needs


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