EXAM 1/4

Question 1

Who is attributed with the phrase “sociology” and being the founder of sociology

Answer 1

August Comte

Question 2

what phrase did August Comte use, referring to the role of sociologist in new society

Answer 2

“a new priesthood”

Question 3

Sociology uses science to describe the way things __ not what they __ to be.

Answer 3

are

ought/should

Question 4

sociology claims to be a __ which utilizes a specific method to discover social truths

Answer 4

science

Question 5

What is the definition and difference between facts and values as well as what belongs within each category.

Answer 5

FACTS: must be measurable
Particular
Thing
Noun
objective, verifiable, physical
VALUE: is metaphysical, not scientific
Metaphysical 
Immeasurable 
Qualitative rather than quantitative
subjective, unverifiable, metaphysical

Question 6

Social Facts

Answer 6

A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual external constraint

Question 7

What difference between applied and basic/ pure sociology?

Answer 7

BASIC: describing what is, not what ought to be
- Basic / pure sociology describes what is
APPLIED: what is and what ought to be done
- Applied sociology seeks social change

Question 8

What is the sociological imagination and/or perspective?

Answer 8

The ability to take a second look at the “world taken for granted,” enabling an individual to see him/herself within a social context.

Question 9

Look again at Colossians 2:8 and the idea behind “rudiments” or stoicheion. What is the idea there?

Answer 9

Rudiments- any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite
- SPIRIT SYSTEM

Question 10

What is anthropology? Why is it important to understand biblically? (“We need to take biblical anthropology seriously.” — Bobby Killmon)

Answer 10

1) study of man

2) IF YOU MISUNDERSTAND MAN, YOU MISUNDERSTAND HOW SOCIAL ORDER

Question 11

1) Know what man’s basic nature is according to Genesis chapters 1 - 3.
2) Where do we find that man is made in the image of God?
3) In what chapter is the Fall of man?

Answer 11

1) made in the image of God
2) GEN 1:26-27
3) CHAPTER 3

Question 12

what does empiricism mean?

Answer 12

all knowledge must be derived from scientific observation

Question 13

Know what the scientific method is, what it requires. i.e. observable, repeatable, testable, falsifiable

Answer 13

The scientific method provides a systematic, organized steps that help ensure objectivity and consistency

Question 14

What is the definition of culture?

Answer 14

a society’s way of life, consisting of beliefs, values, norms, and symbols

Question 15

Definitions for the Structural-Functional Perspective (Chapter 2 of textbook)
-what are some of the pictures to help you visualize this perspective?

Answer 15

1)

• Society is a system of interconnected parts
• Society orders itself to promote a balance (equilibrium) among the various components.
• Each part has a function.
  2) a machine

Question 16

How ought Christians to view sociological data? Even if we work with an existing perspective, what must we always do?

Answer 16

through APT

• Acknowledge scientific data
• Interpret that data through a Christian framework

Question 17

What is social location?

Answer 17

where an individual stands socially in their community

- i.e. status, legitimacy, popularity, family, money, education, prestige

Question 18

What is milieu?

Answer 18

a person’s social environment

Question 19

Does the Christian believe in the social construction of reality? Do we believe that people (at least in part) construct reality from their perceptions?

Answer 19

no

our perceptions do not construct reality, that is postmodernism

Question 20

Would the Christian go so far as to believe in a sociological determinism, that society constructs reality in total?

Answer 20

1. We don’t treat one another as determinist beings

2. God doesn’t treat us as determinist beings

Question 21

What did enlightenment thinkers (such as Locke and Rousseau) conceive man’s basic nature as?

Answer 21

blank and basically good

Question 22

What is socialization? What are the primary agents of socialization listed in your chapter four reading

Answer 22

Socialization is a lifelong process, as long as there are new roles to learn and old ones to

1. family
2. peer group
3. mass media
4. school
5. church/ religion

Question 23

Man is fallen, what does that mean for man in terms of being made in the image of God? Is the image broken? Undone? Revoked? Marred or tainted?

Answer 23

the image is distorted

Question 24

Where does Rousseau place the blame for evil in the world?

Answer 24

society

“MAN IS BORN PURE, IT IS SOCIETY THAT CORRUPTS.”- ROUSSEAU

Question 25

A social fact is every way of ___,___ or not, capable of ____ on the individual ____ ____

Answer 25

acting, fixed
exercising
external constraint

Question 26

what belongs with FACT

Answer 26

particular
thing
noun

Question 27

what belongs with VALUE

Answer 27

Metaphysical
Immeasurable
Qualitative rather than quantitative

Question 28

what applied to social FACTS

Answer 28

Scientific method applied to social facts

Question 29

what ought relates to

Answer 29

VALUE

Question 30

what is relates to

Answer 30

FACTS

Question 31

Will our theology affect our sociology? Can we avoid that? Remember, “Your worldview informs your world order.”

Answer 31

Yes it does. No we cannot avoid that.

Question 32

Does the Christian believe in the social construction of reality? Do we believe that people (at least in part) construct reality from their perceptions?

Answer 32

No, our perceptions do not construct reality, that is postmodernism