Sociology Chapter 1
says little about the influence of structural factors such as culture, class, gender, and race.
A criticism of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it ______
providing recreation and physical conditioning.
A manifest function of sports is ______
the rise of the industrial economy and growth of cities
Among the historical changes that stimulated the development of sociology as a discipline was ____?
ignores inequality that can generate tension and conflict
An accurate criticism of the structural-functional approach is that it ________
keeping young people out of a tight labor force, which may not have jobs for them.
An example of a latent function of college is _____.
higher in rural areas
Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of the United States than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be _____
latent functions
Building social relationships and creating tens of thousands of jobs are two of the _____ of sports.
reject the familiar idea that people simple decide how to act in favor of the initially strange idea that society shapes lives
By stating that the sociological perspective show us "the strange in the familiar," the text argues that sociologists ____
during times of social crisis
Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would expect the sociological imagination to be more widespread in a population ______
the human body.
Herbert Spencer described human society as a complex system having much in common with _____
one or more theoretical approaches
In deciding what kinds of questions to ask in their research, sociologists are guided by _____
assess the opportunities and constraints in our lives.
Leaning more sociology can help you _____
our society provides some students with far better schooling than others
Looking at the operation of U.S. schools guided by the social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to conclude that _____
challenging many commonly-held beliefs
Making use of the sociological perspective encourages ____
the positions typically played by white and black players.
Racial discrimination in professional sports is evident today in _____
may not be functional for people in another category.
Robert Merton explained that what is functional for people in one category of a society's population _____
social-conflict approach
The "framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change" is the _______
structural-functional and social-conflict
The _____ approaches are macro-level, describing societies in broad, structural terms.
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?
the product of people interacting in countless everyday situations.
The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is ______
to discover how society actually operates
The major goal of sociology's pioneers, including Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, was
gather data or facts
To evaluate a theory using evidence, sociologists _____
increasing our understanding of both of our own lives and the lives of others.
Understanding the differences between countries encourages _____
based on all available facts
Unlike simple stereotypes, sociological generalizations _______
latent functions
Unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern are called _____
less a system than an ongoing process of interaction.
Using the symbolic-interaction approach, sports becomes ______
Social structure
Which concept is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behavior?
Sociology
Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Which early sociologist received the first doctorate ever awarded by Harvard University to a person of color?
A police officer understands which categories of people are at high risk of becoming victims of crimes
Which of the following statements best illustrates the career advantage a person gains by studying sociology?
positivism
______ is a way of understanding the world based on science.
Max Weber
one of the founding sociologists, urged sociologists to understand a social setting from the point of view of the people in it.
personal problems into public issues
C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed
Social dysfunctions
Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society as a whole. Which of the following concepts refers to these negative consequences?
Emile Durkheim
The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was _______
manifest functions.
The recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern referred to as ______
Auguste Comte
The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by ______
structural-functional approach
The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the ____
Harriet Martineau
Who helped launch the discipline of sociology by studying the evils of slavery and also by translating the writings of Auguste Comte?
Karl Marx
______ had an important influence on the development of the social-conflict approach.
a stereotype
A simplified description unfairly applied to every person in the same category is called _____
people typically seek mates who off as much as they do.
A social-exchange analysis states that ____
theory
A statement that explains how and why specific facts are related is called a(n) ______
end up with a greater understanding of both a new way of life and her own way of life.
Sarah is spending a summer living in another country where people have a way of life that differs from her own. A sociologist might expect that this experience would lead her to _____
more serious in poorer countries
Social problems in the United States, such as poverty and gender inequality, are _____
human behavior may be patterned, but it is also spontaneous
Sociologists cannot identify "laws of society" that allow us to precisely predict the behavior of an individual because _____
how society actually operates
Sociology differs from the older discipline of philosophy by focusing on ____
