Chapter 1

Question 1

When was sociology started

Answer 1

mid 1800’s

Question 2

Sociology Definition

Answer 2

the systematic study of social behavior and human groups

Question 3

What is the primary subject of sociology?

Answer 3

groups

Question 4

what does sociology focus on

Answer 4

patterns of human behavior

Question 5

sociology vs. psychology

Answer 5

psychology focuses on internal and individual; sociology examines other exchanges (love, affection)

Question 6

sociology vs. economics

Answer 6

economics primarily focused on commercial exchange; sociology studies postindustrial societies (both study culture)

Question 7

sociology vs. criminology

Answer 7

criminology specializes in illegal behavior; sociology looks at all human behavior

Question 8

sociology vs. political science

Answer 8

political science looks at political activity; sociology looks at all organizations

Question 9

What is the speciality of sociologists

Answer 9

generalizations

Question 10

Sociological imagination definition

Answer 10

ability to see the link between lives of individuals and larger social forces

Question 11

what does sociological imagination accomplish

Answer 11

brings new understanding to everyday life

Question 12

what does the sociological imagination involve

Answer 12

critical thinking and creative thinking

Question 13

what does the sociological imagination connect

Answer 13

personal social setting and impersonal social world

Question 14

What is the key element of the sociological imagination

Answer 14

ability to view our own society as an outsider

Question 15

What do sociologists develop

Answer 15

theories

Question 16

What is a theory

Answer 16

a generalized statement that explains why and how certain things take place

Question 17

A theory…

Answer 17

has empirical implications; makes predictions the can be tested

Question 18

Difference between theory and common sense

Answer 18

research

Question 19

why do sociologists collect data

Answer 19

to verify a theory; to gain enough knowledge to create a theory

Question 20

Gerry and Quetelet

Answer 20

observe stability and verification in suicide rates

Question 21

morseli

Answer 21

Ties variation and increase in suicide rates to modernization

Question 22

Durkheim

Answer 22

links variation in suicide rates to strength of social relationships

Question 23

Social facts

Answer 23

shows how social forces shaped individual action

Question 24

What do suicide rates reflect

Answer 24

the influence of the social world

Question 25

social facts definition

Answer 25

Durkheims- whats of acting, thinking, and feeling that are external to the individual and are endowed with the power of coercion

Question 26

Micro sociology

Answer 26

interactions among individuals, small groups

Question 27

macro sociology

Answer 27

comparisons among larger groups

Question 28

groups

Answer 28

groups maintain stable patterns of relationships

Question 29

aggregates

Answer 29

involve accidental, brief encounters among people

Question 30

Primary group

Answer 30

group ties are more intimate and emotional (family)

Question 31

secondary group

Answer 31

group ties are more formal and task oriented (workmates)

Question 32

reference group

Answer 32

the group a person uses as a standard for self-evaluation

Question 33

What is sociology concerned with

Answer 33

solidarity and network ties

Question 34

solidarity

Answer 34

the "glue" that holds society together

Question 35

network ties

Answer 35

the connections between individuals that form groups

Question 36

Functionalism

Answer 36

society is a system and all the parts serve to meet a need (gangs)

Question 37

conflict theory

Answer 37

focus on the continual struggle between groups and the resulting inequalities

Question 38

interactionist

Answer 38

focus on interaction between individuals in everyday life (micro)

Question 39

units of analysis

Answer 39

the things on which a set of research observations are based

Question 40

concepts

Answer 40

names used to identify some set or class of things that are staid to be alike

Question 41

social conflict

Answer 41

unfriendly interactions between "groups"

Question 42

unobtrusive measures

Answer 42

techniques used to measure behavior without disturbing the behavior of subjects

Question 43

validation research

Answer 43

studies conducted to determine whether particular measures used in research are accurate

Question 44

operationalize

Answer 44

to select measures of concepts to make it possible to perform observational operations on them

Question 45

free will

Answer 45

the philosophical and theological doctrine that humans possess the capacity for choosing among alternatives and therefor can be held responsible for the choices they make