SOLUTION-MANUAL AND TESTBANK -FOR-SOCIOLOGY-13TH-EDITION-BY-SCHAEFER

WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? The Sociological Imagination Sociology and the Social Sciences Sociology and Common Sense WHAT IS SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY? THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Early Thinkers Auguste Comte Harriet Martineau Herbert Spencer Émile Durkheim Max Weber Karl Marx W.E.B. Du Bois Twentieth-Century Developments Charles Horton Cooley Jane Addams Robert Merton Pierre Bourdieu MAJOR THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Functionalist Perspective Conflict Perspective Interactionist Perspective The Sociological Approach TAKING SOCIOLOGY WITH YOU Applied and Clinical Sociology DEVELOPING A SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION Theory in Practice Research Today Thinking Globally The Significance of Social Inequality Speaking across Race, Gender, and Religious Boundaries Social Policy throughout the World APPENDIX: CAREERS IN SOCIOLOGY Boxes Research Today: Looking at the Gulf Coast Oil Spill from Four Theoretical Perspectives Sociology in the Global Community: Your Morning Cup of Coffee LEARNING OBJECTIVES WHAT’S NEW IN CHAPTER 1 1. Define sociology. 2. Define “sociological imagination.” 3. Differentiate sociology from other social sciences. 4. Differentiate sociology and common sense. 5. Define the term “theory.” 6. Discuss the development of • Excerpt from Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes, by Kelsey Timmerman • Discussion of how researchers in various social sciences would study the effects of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti • Thinking Critically Exercise on social and cultural capital • Research Today Box, “Looking at the sociological thought. 7. Discuss the contributions of the earliest sociological theorists. 8. Discuss developments in Sociology during the twentieth century. 9. Identify the major sociological perspectives. 10. Compare and contrast functionalism, conflict theory, interactionism, and feminism. 11. Define applied and clinical sociology. 12. Discuss key elements of the “sociological imagination.” Gulf Coast Oil Spill from Four Sociological Perspectives” • Emphasis on the theme, “Taking Sociology with You” in the last two sections (Applied and Clinical Sociology – and - Developing a Sociological Imagination) Sociology is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups. In attempting to understand social behavior, sociologists rely on a type of creative thinking referred to as the sociological imagination – an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society. The key element of the sociological imagination is the ability to view one’s own society as an outsider would. This is quite a challenge since most of us are accustomed to the norms and values of only one culture. Sociology, like many of the social sciences, is quite broad in scope. Sociologists put their imagination to work in a variety of areas, including aging, criminal justice, economics, family life, politics, human ecology, and religion. Sociology focuses on the scientific study of human behavior and is distinct from common sense. Common sense, which is often based only on hearsay, tradition, or intuition, is typically inaccurate and unreliable. Sociology, on the other hand, is an empirical science, relying on systematic observations of social life. Sociologists use theory to examine the relationships between observations or data that may