SOCIOLOGY

----is the view that generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed directly or verified through our senses.

----is the view that generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed directly or verified through our senses.

Empiricism

The main goal of sociology is to:

Understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior

According to -----, the talk of the sociological imagination is to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger social forces

C.Wright Mills

The Sociological imagination asks us to

Broaden our perspective beyond individual experience

Which of the following social sciences is interested in employment, recession, inflation, and price indices?

Economics

Both sociologist and historian are interested in past. Using a recent military war as a case for investigation, a sociologist would be interested in:

The impact of war on political attitude and events in the united states

why did sociology as a discipline emerge?

Rapid social change was occurring, There was a need for a systemic analysis of society, People were affected by the impact of discovering how others lived (ABC)

According to Auguste Comte, social statistics was the study of

How the institutions in society are interrelated

According to Auguste Comete, the focus of social dynamics

How societies develop and change over time

This sociologist published theory and practice of society in america which was based on traveling through 19th century america and conducting an analysis of day-to-day life, customs, and lifestyles

Harriet Marineau

Of the following theorists, who believed that the entire history of human societies could be seen as a history of struggles between those who own and control the means of production and those who do the work?

Karl Marx

Which of the following sociological perspectives views society as a system of highly interrelated structures or arts that operate together?

Functionalism

Karl Marx predicted that eventually

workers would organize and take control of the economy

Sociologically, the positive connection between hours of study and students test scores demonstrates ________ preparing before taking examinations.

A Manifest function of

where hillsides have been cleared to provide lumber for housing boom, rain often causes mudslides. Sociologist would regard mudslides as

A latent outcome of that method of cutting trees on hillsides where rain is a possibility

Karl MXarx View of societies is considered the basis for which the following perspectives is sociology

Conflict

W.E.B Du Bois argued for the acceptance of African American into

All areas of society

A symbolic interactionist would be most likely to ask which of the following questions?

What messages are communicated to students by the structure in which education takes place?

Which of the following perspectives is concerned primarily with the meaning that people place on their own and one another's behavior

symbolic interactionism

The main purpose of a paradigm in to to

Provide a model or conceptual framework for asking questions and guiding research

Social Darwinism attribute ones lack of success to

the inferiority of the individual

C.Wright Mills used the term-- to refer to the relationship between individual experiences and focus in the larger society that shape our actions

social imagination

did robert k martin call “social processes that contribute to the on going operation or maintenance of society”

Social Functions

who is noted pioneer in the development of the science of sociology

all of the above

Which sociological perspective is focused on how individuals make sense of or interpret the social world

interactionist

\n The Functionalist perspective and--- can be thought of as opposite sides of the same coin.

Conflict theory

In order to understand other people we must stop looking at the world from an indivdual experience

True

herbert spencer was well known for saying that society resenbles a living organism in its structure and operations

True

sociology became recognized in the united states in the beginning of the the twenieth century

true

sociology developed in europe during a time of peace and social tranquility

false

The industrial revolution had an impact on the development of sociology

true

sociologist use the scientific method in their research

false