SO4001 Final Exam questions &
answers.
What is the sociological perspective? ANS -The lens that sociologists use to help them see the social
world more clearly
3 levels of the sociological perspective ANS -1. Seeing individuals as social beings, impacted by social
forces
2. Seeing the general in the particular
3. Seeing the strange in the familiar
Seeing individuals as social beings, impacted by social forces ANS --Group membership: family, gender,
class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion
-Micro and Macro implications
What does seeing general in the particular mean? ANS --recognizing we are patterned by social forces
-fashion & social class, for example, what we see as being right vs wrong
What does seeing strange in the familiar mean? ANS --seeing with new eyes, viewing your own doorstep
-Common knowledge and received wisdom vs. sociological understandings
-requires parking assumptions/understands
What do sociologists want to know? ANS -How does society work?
How do we organise ourselves socially?
How do we govern ourselves socially?
What kinds of 'rules' have we created and live by?
Laws are ___________ rules ANS -Formal rules...legally based
,"How it is" rules are _________ ANS -informal....these 'norms' are context based
How do these 'rules' shape how we relate to other members of our groups and other groups? ANS -At
the micro level, e.g. intimate relationships and.....familial, professor, culture shock, eye contact
the macro-level, e.g. the economy; political structures
What did Varoufakis say? ANS -"It is not sufficient to study society, we have to defend it"
What skills do sociologists use? ANS --collecting existing data (official stats, video, photos, electronic
communication)
-collecting new data (interviewing, observation, questionnaires)
-analysis data (textual and statistical analysis)
What do sociologists do? ANS --Research social problems, issues and phenomena and inform change
-Inform/create new policies and practices
-Engage in practice
-Educate
When did sociology first emerge as an academic discipline ANS --19th century
-it was recognized as a field of study and knowledge in its own right
sociology is one of the ______________ _____________s ANS -social sciences
Who is the "Father of Sociology" ANS -Auguste Comte
Who coined the term sociology? ANS -Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was a _____________ and developed ___________ ANS -philosopher
developed positivism
, What is positivism? ANS -a scientific approach to researching the social world
Comte was active during a period of great change...what was happening? ANS --French Revolution
-the Enlightenment
-Industrial Revolution
The social consequences of the industrial revolution ANS -small scale, manual production-->factory work
self employment-->employee status
working close to or at home-->working in citites
Industrial revolution led to rural ___________ ANS -depopulation
industrial revolution led to ________ cities ANS -larger
industrial revolution led to greater ___________ in cities ANS -anonymity
The goal of the founding sociologists ANS --Through the scientific study of society and social life they
determined to understand social phenomena & problems
-their causes, features, dynamics, consequences
Sociology is a discipline for the ___________ ANS -future
Who was Charles Wright Mills? ANS --Born in Waco Texas, 1916-1962 (45 years old)
-Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, USA (1946-1962)
Mills was committed to ________________ ANS -social transformation
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