Chapter 1: Committing Sociology

Question 1

Committing Sociology

Answer 1

The act of shining light on injustices to address social problems

Question 2

Sociology

Answer 2

The study of social life and social relationships

Question 3

Who was the first scholar to use the term ‘sociology’?

Answer 3

Auguste Comte

Question 4

Positivism

Answer 4

The belief that we can study the world through scientific facts

Question 5

Consensus-Focused Sociology / Structural Functionalism

Answer 5

Views society as an organism made up of multiple interdependent parts that work together to create stability

Question 6

Sociological Imagination

Answer 6

Sees the world by noticing connections between individual experiences on a micro level and broader societal relationships on a macro level

Question 7

Professional Sociology

Answer 7

Sociology in an academic setting

Question 8

Critical Sociology

Answer 8

Focuses on debating social issues

Question 9

Policy Sociology

Answer 9

Sociology in government and other institutions, such as schools

Question 10

Public Sociology

Answer 10

Sharing sociological knowledge in a way that is accessible to the general public

Question 11

Standpoint Theory

Answer 11

States that everyone has their own social location and we see the world through unique viewpoints

Question 12

When we openly acknowledge our social location, we are practicing…

Answer 12

reflexivity and bracketing

Question 13

Reflexivity

Answer 13

Process of staying aware of how your prior knowledge and experiences influence any assumptions about the social world

Question 14

Bracketing

Answer 14

Consciously setting aside one’s assumptions of the world to see it without influence

Question 15

The Scissor Movement

Answer 15

Shift in which sociology has moved to the left while society and world politics have moved more to the right

Question 16

Knowledge Mobilization

Answer 16

Connecting research findings with their appropriate applications in practice