Sociology chapter 1
The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by ________
Auguste Comte.
________ is a way of understanding the world based on science.
Positivism
According to Auguste Comte, people begin to try to understand how social life operates as their society enters which stage of development?
Scientific stage
What does the idea that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities and choice of clothing describe?
The essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology
Learning more sociology can help you ________
assess the opportunities and constraints in our lives.
Making use of the sociological perspective encourages ________
challenging many commonly-held beliefs.
We would expect the sociological perspective to be most likely to develop in a place that was ________
experiencing many social changes.
To evaluate a theory using evidence, sociologists ________ Correct!
gather data or facts.
Peter Berger describes using the sociological perspective as seeing the ________ in the ________.
general; particular
A sociologist using the gender-conflict approach might state that ________
in many ways, men are in positions of power over women.
Understanding the differences between countries encourages ________
increasing our understanding of both of our own lives and the lives of others.
Unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern are called ________
latent functions.
The recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern are referred to as ________
manifest functions.
In deciding what kinds of questions to ask in their research, sociologists are guided by ________ Correct!
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.
The social-conflict approach draws attention to ________
patterns of social inequality.
Sociologists use the term "social marginality" to refer to ________
people who are defined by others as an "outsider."
C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed ________
personal problems into public issues
The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the ________
structural-functional approach
The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is ________
the product of people interacting in countless everyday situations.
Among the historical changes that stimulated the development of sociology as a discipline was ________
the rise of the industrial economy and growth of cities.
A statement that explains how and why specific facts are related is called a(n) ________
theory.
The major goal of sociology's pioneers, including Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, was ________
to discover how society actually operates.
The chapter's sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects ________
whether she lives in a poor or a rich society.
Which concept is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behavior?
Social structure