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Sociology ASU Question and answers rated A+ Sociology ASU The difference between Psychology and Sociology - correct answer Sociology, rather than focusing on the individual, looks toward society at large. The level of analysis is the group or institution. Why Study Sociology? - correct ans...

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Sociology ASU
The difference between Psychology and Sociology - correct answer
✔Sociology, rather than focusing on the individual, looks toward society at
large. The level of analysis is the group or institution.


Why Study Sociology? - correct answer ✔It prepares one for a lifetime of
change by developing one's appreciation of diversity, love of learning, writing
and study skills, and knowledge base about human behavior, social
organization, culture, and social change.


Early Thinkers: A Concern with Social Order and Stability - correct answer
✔Auguste Comte- used the term sociology to engage the study of society w/
the help of Harriet Martineau.


Hebert Spencer's contributed an evolutionary perspective on social order and
social change.


Durkheim argued that societies are built on social facts, rapid social changes
produce strain and loss of shared values and purpose can lead to a condition
of anomie


The beginnings of sociology in the United States - correct answer
✔Sociology emerged from the enlightenment, industrial revolution, and french
revolution, as a positivist science of society. It focused on the movements of
the philosophy os science and knowledge. Sociology is now focused on how a
group acts, what symbols they use, language, and conflicts.


Macro vs. Micro Analysis - correct answer ✔Macro-level sociology looks at
large-scale social processes, such as social stability and change.

,Micro-level sociology looks at small-scale interactions between individuals,
such as conversation or group dynamics.


The sociological Perspective -Peter Berger - correct answer ✔he special
point of view sociology that sees the general pattern of society in the lives of
particular people


reveals the power of society to shape individual lives


The Sociological Imagination - correct answer ✔The ability to connect the
most basic, intimiate aspects of an individual's life to seemingly impersonal
and remote historical forces


Basic, Applied and Public Sociology - correct answer ✔-Basic Sociology
Analyzing some aspect of society to only gain knowledge
-Applied Sociology
Using sociology to solve problems
-Public Sociology
Using the sociological perspective for the benefit of the public


An overview of structural - functional theory - correct answer ✔-places
emphasis on stability and integration.
1, Society is an integrated whole.
2. All elements of a society contribute to its well being.
3. A society tends to remain in equilibrium, to maintain stability.
4. A society rests on the consensus of its members.

, What is Theory? - correct answer ✔A statement about the relationship(s)
between two or more phenomena


Anomie - correct answer ✔lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an
individual or group.


Be able to understand and define the conflict theory
(i.e. class struggle, haves and have-nots) - correct answer ✔Society has
continuous struggles between the "haves" and "have nots" and this inequality
is the source of social change.


The concept of power under the conflict theory - correct answer ✔Power is at
the core of all social relationships, and power is essentially coercive; (greater
military technology always equals more power)


Understand the basic definitions of symbolic-interactionism - correct answer
✔People will react to something according to the meaning that that thing has
for them (the meaning being created through our interactions with society,
culture, and other people). People define situations based on their own
personal experiences and sense of self. Two people can be in the exact same
situation and have different interpretations of what is going on.


Symbolic Interactionism helps us understand miscommunication.


Ethics in Sociological Research - correct answer ✔guide behaviors and
decisions through range of concerns, dilemmas, conflicts that arise over
proper way to conduct a study


Know an overview of the main methods for research used by sociologists -
correct answer ✔1.Select and frame the Research Question

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