Chapter 1- The Sociological Perspective

The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was

Emile Durkheim

The largest number of nations in the world ( about 90 out of 192) fall into which category?

Middle Income

The Statement that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities and clothing describes

The essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.

In the US today the suicide rate is the highest for which category of people noted below?

White Males

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages

challenging commonly held beliefs.

To evaluate a theory, sociologist:

gather date or facts.

Peter Berger described using the sociological perspective as seeing the _____ in the _______.

general, particular

Sociology differs from earlier philosophy by focusing on

how society actually operates

While most of todays sociologist agree with August Comte that science is a crucial part of sociology we also recognize that

human Beings are partly creative and spontaneous. human behavior is often more complex than natural phenomena, no rigid "laws of society" hold everywhere and at all times.

C. Wright Mills pointed out that sociological awareness tends to be more widespread:

in times of crisis.

According to Comte, people begin to see society as a natural-- rather than a supernatural-- phenomenon as their society enters which stage of development?

metaphysical stage

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

social conflict paradigm

Which theoretical paradigm is closest to the work of early sociologist Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim?

structural functional paradigm

The theoretical paradigm in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the

structural functionalist paradigm

Herbert Spencer describes human society as having much in common with:

the human body