Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world called?

Answer 1

The sociological imagination

Question 2

Who is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination?

Answer 2

C. Wright Mills

Question 3

A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one’s own society as what?

Answer 3

An outsider

Question 4

What is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups known as?

Answer 4

Sociology

Question 5

The body of knowledge obtained using methods based on systematic observation is called what?

Answer 5

Science

Question 6

Sociologists is considered a science because sociologists…

Answer 6

Engage in organized and systematic study of phenomenon to enhance understanding

Question 7

What subject area is considered a natural science?

Answer 7

Astronomy

Question 8

Sociology, anthropology, and. History study various aspects of human society and are therefore considered what?

Answer 8

Social sciences

Question 9

Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on people’s attitudes and behavior and the ways in which people shape society?

Answer 9

Sociology

Question 10

Which social science would be interested in the actions taken by elected officials both during and in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti?

Answer 10

Political science

Question 11

Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, common sense conclusions are not…

Answer 11

Reliable

Question 12

An attempt to explain problems, actions, or behavior in a comprehensive manner is called a(n)

Answer 12

Theory

Question 13

In Emile Durkheim’s study of suicide, he related suicide rates to…

Answer 13

The extent to which people were integrated into the group Life of a society

Question 14

Emile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of

Answer 14

Suicide

Question 15

The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist

Answer 15

Auguste Comte

Question 16

Which sociologist translated the works of Auguste Comte into English and emphasized the impact, the economy, laws, trade, and population could have on social problems?

Answer 16

Harriet Martineau

Question 17

Which early sociologist applied the concept of evolution to societies in order to explain how they change or evolve over time?

Answer 17

Herbert Spencer

Question 18

Anomie refers to a…

Answer 18

Loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become inaffective

Question 19

The word that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people’s emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was

Answer 19

Werstehen

Question 20

An ideal type is a(n)

Answer 20

Construct or model that serves as a measure rod against which actual cases can be evaluated

Question 21

In the Communist Manifesto, Marx argued that the working class must

Answer 21

Overthrow the existing class system of capitalist societies

Question 22

Karl Marx and Friedrich ENgels said, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of the working class struggles… The _____ have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES. UNITE!”

Answer 22

Proletariots

Question 23

Which of the following sociologists advocated basic research on the lives of the blacks?

Answer 23

W.E.B. Dubois

Question 24

In 1909, W.E.B. Dubois helped found which of these organizations?

Answer 24

NAACP

Question 25

Bubois developed the concept of ____ to describe the experience of being black in White America — a division of an individual’s identity into two or more social realities?

Answer 25

Double consciousness

Question 26

In his study of society, Charles Horton Cooley focused on ...

Answer 26

Intimate face-to-face groups

Question 27

Which sociologist is especially known for making an important contribution to the discipline by successfully combining theory and research?

Answer 27

Robert Merton

Question 28

Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole?

Answer 28

Talcott Parsons

Question 29

Sociological studies that focus on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations are known as

Answer 29

Macrosociology

Question 30

___ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories

Answer 30

Microsociology

Question 31

A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, The U.S. and France is an example of...

Answer 31

Macrosociology

Question 32

A sociologist studies dug-use patterns among the small groups of college students in a Midwestern college. This would be an example of...

Answer 32

Microsociology

Question 33

A Sociologist who studies teh unequal economic reality between men and women would probably be following which of the following perspectives?

Answer 33

Conflict

Question 34

Which sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival and stability?

Answer 34

Functionalist perspectives

Question 35

Which of the following could be a manifest function of colleges?

Answer 35

They prepare students for post-college careers

Question 36

An element or process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability is known as a

Answer 36

Conflict function

Question 37

Contemporary conflict theorists are concerned with the conflict between

Answer 37

Women and Men

Question 38

Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level and wold tend to view inequality ion gender as central to behavior and organization?

Answer 38

Feminist perspective

Question 39

Which sociologist explored what it meant to be female and Black living in the U.S.?

Answer 39

Ida Wells-Barnett

Question 40

Which sociological perspective generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole?

Answer 40

Interactionist perspective

Question 41

Which sociological perspective holds the view that people create their social worlds through interaction and manipulation of symbols?

Answer 41

Interactionist

Question 42

Which sociologist is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective?

Answer 42

George Herbert Meade

Question 43

Inequality, capitalism, and stratification, and stratification are key concepts of which theoretical perspective?

Answer 43

Conflict perspective

Question 44

Which sociological perspective would highlight the reluctance among professional athletes too display to display any sexual identity other than heterosexual in public?

Answer 44

Queer theory

Question 45

Pure sociology is also known as

Answer 45

Basic sociology

Question 46

The use of discipline of sociology with the specific intent of altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions is known as

Answer 46

Clinical socioogy

Question 47

The use of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations is referred to as

Answer 47

Applied sociology

Question 48

The fact that the September 11, 2001, Terrorist attacks in the U.S. led to an economic decline throughout the world is an example of

Answer 48

Globalization

Question 49

A condition in which member of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is referred to as

Answer 49

Social inequality