Sociology Chapter 1

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A hypothesis can be defined as

a testable proposition

Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology

August Comte

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

Conflict Theory

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

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms.

Define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination

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

____ 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

Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction to Sociology class. Alona is employing a _____ research method.

Quantitative

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

Qualitative sociology can be defined as

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

Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an example of the project's ____ functions.

manifest; latent


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