Sociology Chapter 1 - The Sociological Perspective
Sociology Chapter 1 - the Sociological Perspective
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Sociology Chapter 1 - the Sociological Perspective Review Questions and Correct Answers (100% Pass)
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Sociology Chapter 1 - The Sociological Perspective
Sociology Chapter 1 - the Sociological Perspective Review Questions and Correct Answers (100% Pass)
Sociology - Answers The systematic study of human society, culture and relationships on a group level
Sociological Perspective - Answers seeing the general in the particular **sociologists look for...
Sociology Chapter 1 - the Sociological Perspective Review Questions and Correct Answers (100% Pass)
Sociology - Answers The systematic study of human society, culture and relationships on a group level
Sociological Perspective - Answers seeing the general in the particular **sociologists look for general
patterns in the behavior of particular people
Social Institutions - Answers major structures made up of groups or ideas that influence peoples daily
lives, views of the world or integration into society
Examples of social institutions - Answers a. religious groups
b. schools
c. families
d. political organizations
Careers in sociology - Answers a. work at colleges
b. school/hospital (clinical sociologist)
c. sociology can benefit almost any career
Social psychologist - Answers a person whose career is directly helping to improve peoples lives using
sociological concepts.
August Comte - Answers came up with the term - Sociology (1838)
3 Stages of Society - Answers 1. Theological Stage
2. Metaphysical Stage
3. Scientific Stage
Theological Stage - Answers people viewed the world and events in that world as a direct expression of
the will of the gods.
i.e. bad weather =angry weather gods
Metaphysical Stage - Answers people viewed the world and events as natural reflections of human
tendencies
i.e. still believed in gods abstractly, but believed problems in the world were d/t defects in humanity
(astrology)
**considered the transition stage**
,Scientific Stage - Answers people view the world and events as explained by scientific principles
Positivism - Answers the belief that societies have their own scientific principles and laws, just like
physics or chemistry.
Sociology's 4 Theoretical Perspectives - Answers 1. Stuctural-Functional Theory
2. Social Conflict Theory
3. Feminism
4. Symbolic Interactionism
Theory - Answers a statement of how and why specific facts are related
**theories attempt to explain why groups of people choose to perform certain actions and how
societies function or change in a certain way.
global perspective - Answers the study of the larger world and our society's place in it
high income countries - Answers nations with the highest overall standards of living
middle-income countries - Answers nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a
whole
low-income countries - Answers nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor
sociological imagination - Answers (C. Wright Mills) the ability to see our private experiences and
personal difficulties as entwined with the structural arrangements of our society and the historical times
in which we live
i.e unemployment d/t poor economy.
Structural-functional approach - Answers framework for building theory that sees society as a complex
system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
theoretical approach - Answers a basic image of society that guides thinking and research
social structure - Answers any relatively stable pattern of social behavior
social functions - Answers the consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole
manifest functions - Answers the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern
latent functions - Answers the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern
social dysfunction - Answers any social pattern that may disrupt operation of society
, social-conflict approach - Answers a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of
inequality that generates conflict and change
gender-conflict approach - Answers a point of view that focuses on inequality and conflict between
women and men
feminism - Answers support of social equality for women and men
race-conflict approach - Answers a point of view that focuses on inequality and conflict between people
of different racial and ethnic categories
macro-level orientation - Answers a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole
micro-level orientation - Answers a close-up focus on social interaction on specific situations
symbolic-interaction approach - Answers a framework for building theory that sees society as the
product of the everyday interactions of individuals
*micro-level approach
stereotype - Answers a simplified description applied to every person in some category
According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal "free will." T or F - Answers False
Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human society. T or F - Answers True
Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavior. - Answers False
Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people's lives are mostly a result of what
they decide to do. - Answers False
College students in the U.S. tend to come from families with above-average incomes. - Answers True
Durkheim documented that categories of people with weaker social ties have lower suicide rates. -
Answers False
In the United States, African Americans have a higher suicide rate than whites. - Answers False
People with lower social standing are usually more likely to see the world from a sociological perspective
than people who are well off - Answers True
In the United States, men have a higher suicide rate than women. - Answers True
A global perspective has little in common with a sociological perspective. - Answers False
U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis foster widespread sociological thinking. -
Answers True
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