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Sociology Chapter 1 Question and answers verified to pass Sociology Chapter 1 & 2 Sociology - correct answer Scientific study of human social life, groups and societies with an emphasis on modern, industrial systems. Sociological Imagination - correct answer Have to be detached from a cer...

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Sociology Chapter 1 & 2
Sociology - correct answer ✔Scientific study of human social life, groups and
societies with an emphasis on modern, industrial systems.


Sociological Imagination - correct answer ✔Have to be detached from a
certian problem in order to try to fix it. Looking at things in a bigger picture.


Charles Wright Mills - correct answer ✔Came up with the idea of sociological
imagination.


Auguste Comte - correct answer ✔Coined the term sociology, also known as
the father of sociology.


Comte's Science of Society - correct answer ✔Two branches, 1. Static, 2.
Dynamic.


Comte's Beliefs - correct answer ✔Sociology should contribute to the welfare
of humanity by using science to understand and predict human behavior.


Herbert Spencer - correct answer ✔Thought of society as an organism.
Interactive parts contribute to the whole. Government should leave social
problems alone.


Emile Durkheim - correct answer ✔Studied suicide. Social integration
prevented suicide.


Social Integration - correct answer ✔The degree to which people are tied to
a group.

, Karl Marx - correct answer ✔Human history marked by class conflict.
Economic systems determine beliefs and values. Capitalism breeds conflict.


Max Weber - correct answer ✔Ideas and values impact social change as
much as economy. Versteken. Bureaucracy inevitable. Society is more
efficient but no more democracy.


Versteken - correct answer ✔Individuals give meaning to their own behavior.


Harriet Martineau - correct answer ✔Sociology must include analysis of
women's lives. Focused on marriage, children, religion and race relations.


Jane Addams - correct answer ✔Founded the Hull House in Chicago. Dealt
with many social ills but one at a time. Social security, child labor, workmans
comp. Nobel peace prize 1931, used formal scientific methods.


W.E.B. Du Bois - correct answer ✔First African American to receive a
doctorate at Harvard. Worked on racial equality and created the NAACP.


Symbolic Interactionist Perspective - correct answer ✔Microview of society.
Language is crucial. People assign meaning to others words. All interactions
involve symbols. Response is due to our subjective interpretation. Behavior is
fluid.


Functionalist Perspective - correct answer ✔Society is made up of
interdependent parts that perform functions for society as a whole. Society is
held together by social consensus. Social change is harmful.

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