Sociology Exam Review Guide 1

What are the Characteristics of symbolic interactionism?

1)How people act depends on how they see reality. 2)People work together to construct social reality. 3)Humans work to interpret the meaning of their own behavior. 4) Humans work to interpret the meaning of other people's behavior.

Which of the following is an example of a social institution carrying out its manifest function?

Courts punishing people found guilty of crimes.

By which phrase did Marx refer to the people who do not own the means ofproduction, but have only their labor to sell?

proletariat

Max Weber

rational(calculating) behavior is a characteristic of the modern society

True

Sociologists are not satisfied with explanations that focus on individuals.

Auguste Comte

coined the term sociology

Ferdinand Tonnies

communal Gemeinschaft relationships are a thing of the past

The view that society is not really harmonious but is made up of groups in competition for resources is tied to which sociological paradigm or perspective? Chapter 3

conflict paradigm

W.E.B. DuBois

conflict theorist who argued that those before him overlooked the importance of race and ethnicity in modern society

Jane Adams

founder of the Hull House in Chicago

dad;son

gemeinschaft

favorite aunt;neice

gemeinschaft

girlfriend;boyfriend

gemeinschaft

car salesperson;buyer

gesellschaft

college professor;teaching assistant

gesellschaft

manager;customer

gesellschaft

therapist;patient

gesellschaft

The McIntyre textbook defines sociology as "the scientific study of ____________ and ______________ among human beings."

interactions and relations

Emile Durkheim

main focus was on studying solidarity

Karl Marx

main focus was on studying the economy

Robert Merton stressed that in order to understand what goes on in society, we must be able to distinguish between?

manifest and latent functions.

A basic tenet in sociology is that human behavior is

shaped by social interaction.

McIntyre states practical values of taking a sociology course. Which of the following is not a stated value of a taking a sociology course.

studying sociology will prepare you to make judgments about what is right and wrong

W.I. Thomas (Thomas Theorem) suggested that sociologists ought to

take into account people's misconceptions as these can have consequences.