Chapter One (Study Guide)

Question 1

The systematic study of social behavior in human groups:

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society:

Answer 2

The Sociological Imagination

Question 3

How are sociology and “common sense” similar? How are they different?

Answer 3

Common sense and sociology are similar because they deal with familiar facets of everyday life. Sociology and common sense differ because common sense rests on commonly held beliefs rather than on systematic analysis of facts.

Question 4

A general framework of ideas that organizes a set of concepts in a meaningful way by explaining the relationship among them and how they relate to each other:

Answer 4

A Theory

Question 5

What two things did Emile Durkheim refuse to accept as unproven explanations regarding suicide?

Answer 5

Cosmic Forces and Genetics

Question 6

1. Believed that social reform was a necessity to improve the quality of life for everyone.
2. The translation of Comte’s work from French to English
3. The first female sociologist

Answer 6

Harriet Martineau

Question 7

1. The idea of Social Darwinism
2. Believed that societies were organisms that progressed through change

Answer 7

Herbert Spencer

Question 8

Contributed to sociology by introducing the “looking glass self” concept:

Answer 8

Charles Horton Cooley