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McGraw Hill intro to sociology self quiz 1 Question and answers correctly solved McGraw Hill intro to sociology self quiz 1-4 Sociology is - correct answer The systematic study of social behavior and human groups Which of the following thinkers introduced the concept of the sociological ima...

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McGraw Hill intro to sociology self quiz
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Sociology is - correct answer ✔The systematic study of social behavior and
human groups


Which of the following thinkers introduced the concept of the sociological
imagination - correct answer ✔C. Wright Mills


Émile Durkheim's research on suicide suggested that - correct answer
✔Suicide rates seemed to be higher in times of peace than in times of war
and revolution


Max Weber taught his students that they should employ which of the following
in their intellectual work? - correct answer ✔verstehen =
"understanding"/"insight"


Robert Merton's contributions to sociology include - correct answer ✔-
successfully combining theory and research
-producing a theory that is one of the most frequently cited explanations of
deviant behavior
- an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level analyses together


Which sociologist made a major contribution to society through his in-depth
studies of urban life, including both Blacks and Whites? - correct answer
✔W.E.B. DuBois


In the late 19th century, before the term "feminist view" was even coined, the
ideas behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of -
correct answer ✔Ida Wells-Barnett

, Thinking of society as a living organism in which each part of the organism
contributes to its survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective? -
correct answer ✔The functionalist perspective


Karl Marx's view of the struggle between social classes inspired the
contemporary - correct answer ✔conflict perspective


Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people
present certain aspects of their personalities while obscuring other aspects, is
a derivative of what major theoretical perspective? - correct answer
✔interactionist perspective


within sociology a __________ is a set of statements that seeks to explain
problems, actions or behavior - correct answer ✔theory


In ______ ______'s hierarchy of the sciences, sociology was the "queen," and
its practitioners were "scientist-priests." - correct answer ✔Auguste Comte


In society in America, originally published in 1837, English scholar ____ ____
examined religion, politics, child rearing, and immigration in the young nation -
correct answer ✔Harriet Martineau


_______ ________ adapted Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory view of
"survival of the fittest" by arguing that it is "natural" that some people are rich
while others are poor - correct answer ✔Herbert Spencer


Sociologist Max Weber coined the term ______ ______ in referring to a
construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases
can be evaluated. - correct answer ✔Ideal type

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