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CH 1: Thinking Like a Sociologist _SOC6e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Recognizing and understanding diversity is one of sociology's central themes.
a. True
b. False
2. Feminist scholars disagree with contemporary conflict theorists' view that much of society is characterized by tension
and struggle.
a. True
b. False
3. The sociological imagination emphasizes the connection between men and women.
a. True
b. False
4. Before the 1960s women's movement in the United States, very few sociologists published anything about gender roles.
a. True
b. False
5. Sociology is subjective.
a. True
b. False
6. A researcher who is value free is one who separates her or his personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from
scientific research.
a. True
b. False
7. Functionalism often glosses over the widespread inequality that a handful of powerful people create and maintain.
a. True
b. False
8. Macrosociology examines the patterns of individuals' social interaction in specific settings.
a. True
b. False
9. George Herbert Mead's proposal that the human mind and self arise in the process of social communication became the
foundation of the symbolic interaction schools of thought in sociology and social psychology.
a. True
b. False
10. Social statics explores how individuals and societies change over time.
a. True
b. False
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11. Microsociology and macrosociology differ conceptually, but are interrelated.
a. True
b. False
12. Conflict theorists disagree with functionalists that many societal arrangements are functional.
a. True
b. False
13. The sociological perspective analyzes how social context influences people's lives.
a. True
b. False
14. Émile Durkheim is known as the "father of sociology."
a. True
b. False
15. The "sociological imagination" is at the center of the sociological perspective.
a. True
b. False
16. Conflict theorists see society as cooperative and harmonious.
a. True
b. False
17. Microsociology focuses on large-scale patterns and processes that characterize society as a whole.
a. True
b. False
18. Social dynamics investigates how principles of social order explain a particular society, as well as the interconnections
between institutions.
a. True
b. False
19. Sociology goes well beyond conventional wisdom, what we call common sense, in several ways. See 1-1: What is
Sociology?
a. True
b. False
20. Conflict theorists see disagreement and the resulting changes in society as natural, inevitable, and even desirable.
a. True
b. False
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21. Our actions are based on social interaction in the sense that people take each other into account in their own behavior.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
22. According to a study in 1992 by Ritzer, why is sociology a powerful tool in understanding people's behavior and
society at large?
a. Because it involves examining micro, macro, and micro–macro forces
b. Because it is based solely on conventional wisdom
c. Because it focuses exclusively on studying everyday interactions among
people
d. Because it focuses on a single point of view
e. Because it uses tools that are subjective in nature
23. According to C. Wright Mills, a person's behavior is influenced by .
a. social factors such as religion, ethnicity, and politics
b. social factors such as conventional wisdom and psychological
interactions
c. genetics
d. random thoughts
e. greed
24. are intended and recognized; they're present and clearly evident.
a. Manifest functions
b. Latent functions
c. Dysfunctions
d. Underlying
functions
e. Criticisms
25. In , a social scientist observes a person's facial expressions, gestures, and listens to his/her words.
a. direct observational
understanding
b. explanatory understanding
c. surveillance understanding
d. common understanding
e. dynamic understanding
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