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Question 1

the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual’s life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces

Answer 1

SOCIAL IMAGINATION

Question 2

German for “understanding”. The concept of Verstehen comes from Max Weber and is the basis of interpretive sociology in which researchers imagine themselves experiencing the life positions of the social actors that want to understand rather than treating those people as objects to be examined.

Answer 2

Verstehen

Question 3

a concept conceived by W.E.B Du Bois to describe the two behavioral scripts, one for moving through the world and the other incorporating the external opinions of prejudiced onlookers, which are constantly maintained by African Americans.

Answer 3

DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS

Question 4

the idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general

Answer 4

CONFLICT THEORY

Question 5

a micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people’s actions

Answer 5

Symbolic Interaction Theory

Question 6

a condition characterized by a questioning of the notion of progress and history, the replacement of narrative within pastiche, and multiple, perhaps even conflicting, identities resulting from disjoined affiliations

Answer 6

Postmodernism Theory

Question 7

a theory that attempts to predict how certain social institutions tend to function

Answer 7

Midrange Theory