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| Question | Answer |
| 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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