Intro to sociology

currently chapter 1 and 2

A female manager is attempting to climb her way to the top of the corporate ladder. She works as hard as, if not harder than, her male colleagues, but nothing she does seems to help her advance. She begins to notice a pattern: Men are often promoted, but women are often overlooked for advancement. The realization that many women in her circumstance are experiencing the same discrimination is an example of

Sociological imagination

A white woman goes into an upscale shop to look at clothes. She is excited to see that there is a sale and gathers a huge pile of clothes to take into the dressing room. An African American woman goes into the store and is also excited about the sale but, at the same time, hesitates to take too many clothes into the dressing room because she is afraid the staff will accuse her of shoplifting. W. E. B. Du Bois would say that the African American woman has

a double consciousness

As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following "enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society"?

sociological imagination

Which modern sociological theory states that the best way to analyze society is to identify the purpose that different aspects or phenomena serve in society?

functionalism

What is the difference between microsociology and macrosociology?

the level of analysis

Which of the following is defined as a complex group of interdependent positions that together perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time?

a social institution

________ is the sociological theory that sees social groups as being like living organisms, and therefore focuses on the cohesion and stability of the group.

functionalism

Charles H. Cooley argued that the self emerges from how an individual interacts with others and then interprets those interactions. He called this

the looking-glass self

Erving Goffman used the language of theater to describe how people present themselves in everyday social life. This is known as

dramaturgical theory

Which of the following people is MOST likely to experience what Durkheim referred to as anomie?

an inventor who has been able to stop going to a workplace and who doesn’t need to go out much

The research process includes many steps. Which of the following steps occurs first in the research process?

conceptualization

The more consistent the results given by repeated measurements, the higher the ________ of the measurement procedure.

reliability

A potential shortcoming of survey research is that surveys

rely on people’s honesty and willingness to cooperate

If a researcher fails to accurately measure a concept in her study, she has created a measure that lacks

validity

When cities such as Detroit have requested an adjustment of census data, why has this research issue become a political battle? Because

the apportionment of congressional seats is tied to census study results.

Juanita is a graduate student studying male prisoners. She carefully considers how her gender, age, and education may affect the prisoners and their responses to her. Juanita is practicing

reflexivity

Harry's study compared how the posts on Craigslist of "men seeking women" differed from the posts of "women seeking men." What method was Harry using when he catalogued the traits mentioned in posts?

content analysis

A type of longitudinal study in which the same sample of respondents is tracked over a long period of time is known as

a panel survey

A variable that is thought to be influenced by another variable is known as the

dependent variable

You may do a study of college wrestling and use your experience as a student-athlete to access wrestling spaces, athletes, and coaches. Considering how your past opportunities and privileges influence your study and its findings is

reflexivity