sociology chapters 1-5

Frage	Antworten
what is sociology	the study of society and social interaction
what did C. Wright mills suggest that sociologist should develop to study how society affects individuals?	Sociological Imagination
A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share culture and ...?	interact
seeing patterns means that sociologists need to be able to	identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
..... was a topic of study in early sociology	Economics
Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class strugle?	Karl Marx
the difference betwen positivism and antipositivism relates to?	Whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
What would a quantitative sociologist use to gather data?	survey
Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by what?	their culture
which theory is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level	symbolic interactionism
Who believed that the history of society was on of class struggle	Karl Marx
who coined the phrase symbolic interactionalism	herbert Blumer
a symbolic interactionalist may compare social interaction to...?	theatrical roles
what research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionalist?	Participant interaction
Studying sociology helps people analyze data because they learn...?	-interview techniques -to apply statistics -to generate theories
Berger describes sociologists as concerned with what?	-monumental moments in peoples lives -common everyday life events
A measurment is considered......... if it actually measures what it is intended to measure, acording to the topic of study	Valid
sociological studies test relationships in which change in one......... causes change in another.	variable
In a study, a group of 10 year old boys are fed doughnuts every morning for a week and thenweighed to see how much weight they gained. Which factor is the dependent variable?	weight gain
What would be the best operational definition for childhood obesity?	Body weight at least 20% higher than a healthy weight for a child of that height
What research approach is best suited to the scientific method?	Questionnaire
the main difference between ethnography and other types of participant observation is....?	Ethnography isn't based on hypothesis testing
which best describes the results of a case study?	its results are generally not applicable
what statement would illustrate value neutrality?	in 2003, states like Arkansas adopted laws requiring elementary schools to remove soft drink vending machines from schools
What person or oganization defined the concept of value neutrality?	Max Weber
To study the effects of fast food on lifestyle, health, and culture, from which group would a researcher ethically be unable to accept funding	A fast food restaurant
what two words are often used interchangably but have nuances that differentiate them	Society and culture
the american flag ia a material object that denotes the united states of america; however, there are certain connotaions that many associate with the flag lke braveryb and freedom. In this example what are bravery and freedom?	non material culture
the belief that one's culture is inferior to another is called:	xenocentrism
Going to another country and getting kissed on the cheek and feeling uncomfortable because it means something else in your culture	culture shock
Most cultures have been found to identify laughter as a sign of humor, joy, or pleasure. Likewise most cultures recognize music in some form. Music and laughter are examples of ?	Universalism
a nations flag is a:	symbol
The existence of social norms, both formal and informal, is one of the mainthingsthat inform........, otherwise known as a way to encourage social conformity	social control
the biggest difference betweeen mores and folkways is that:	mores are primarily linked to morality, whereas folkways are primarily linked to being commonplace within a culture
an example of high culture would be...... and and example of popular culture would be...?	Dostoevsky style in film; american idol winners
the Ku Klux Klan is an example of what part of culture	counterculture
Modern day hipters are an example of	subculture
A sociologist conducts research into the ways that Hispanic American students are historically underprivileged in the American education system. What Theoretical approach is the sociologist using?	conflict theory
what theoretical perspective views society as having a system of interdependent inherently connected parts	Functionalism
the american dream- the notion that anybody can be successful and rich if they work hard enough is most commonly associated with which sociological theory	conflict theory
what would be an example of a pastpastoral society	a wandering group of nomads who specialize in breeding and training horses
what would be the occupation of a person in power in an information society	software engineer
what society was the first to have permanent residence	horticultural
organic solidarity is most likely to exist in which of the following types of societies	industrial
According to Marx who owns the means of production in a society	bourgeoisie
what would be an example of Marx's cocept of alienation from the process of one's labor	a supermarket cashier always scans store coupons before company coupons because she was taught to do it that way
the concept of the iron cage was popularized by what sociological thinker	Max Weber
Emile`Durkheim's ideas about society can best be described as what?	functionalists
dying your hair, putting on make up and putting on black clothes to hide weight gain is an example of what?	looking glass self
socialization, as a sociological term, describes what?	how people learn societal norms, beliefs, and values
the harlows study on rheseus monkeys showed that:	social comfort is more important than food
what occurs in Lawrence Kohlberg's conventional level?	children begin to consider what society consider moral and immoral
What did Carol gilligan believe earlier researchers into morality had overlooked	the perspective of females
what is one way to distinguish between psychology and sociology	-psychology focuses on the mind, while sociology focuses on society -psychologists are interested in mental health, while sociologists are interested in societal functions -psychologists look inward to understand behavior while sociologists look outward
How does nearly complete isolation as a child effect verbal abilities?	unable to communicate at all
why do sociologist need to be careful when drawing conclusions from twin studies	the sample sizes are often small
from a sociological perspective, which factor does not greatly influence a person's socialization	blood type
which of the following is a manifest function of schools	learning to read and write
which of thefollowing is typically the earliest agents of socialization	family
What would be an example of american socialization of recent high school graduates	expected to enter college, trade school, or the workforce shortly after graduation

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