SOC 101

Overview of the "The Promise" by C Wright Mills - correct answers 1. Constant back and forth of moral values and devloping morals 2. Public issues vs. Private Troubles ex: public issue is unemployment in a town, private trouble is single person unemployment 3. Science and technology becomes frightening rather than hopeful and progressive 4. What is the structure of society? What is the place of society in history? What kinds of people does society produce? Sociological Imagination - cor...

Karl Marx () = Conflict Theorist - correct answers A German (Conflict) theorist, social activist who analyzed the effects of Capitalism. Believed it corrupted human nature. Parts of society are very unequal and that the Bourgeoisie controlled the economy, and the Proletariat do all the work. Harriet Martineau () = Conflict Theorist - correct answers Focused on the inequalities of the sexes. Analyzed impact of slavery. John Bellamy Foster = Conflict Theorist - correct answers *Writes about ...

Structural Function Approach - correct answers Society is a system of interrelated parts to promote solidarity and stability Social Conflict Approach - correct answers Society is an area of inequality that generates conflict and change Symbolic Interaction Approach - correct answers A micro level approach focused on situations and interactions Marginality and Crisis - correct answers Awareness of social forces Qualitative Research Design - correct answers A strategy that researches f...

Augusta Comte - correct answers Coined the term Sociology The effect of the Ancient Regime and the French Revolution - correct answers The idea of Epistemology - correct answers 1. Determining if society is an object in man's environment to manipulate 2. Determining if man is part of society being manipulated 3. The study of knowledge and the justified belief that one can study the issue 4. All of these represent the idea (Test Answer) According to structural functionalism, individ...

___________ is the study of groups, group interactions, societies and social interactions. - correct answers sociology Sociologists working on the micro level study ________. - correct answers study small groups and individual interactions Sociologists working on the macro level study ________. - correct answers looks at trends among and between large groups and societies A cornerstone of the sociological perspective is the idea that ______ are inseparable. - correct answers the individ...

Social institutions - correct answers Provide a critical role in sociaty Examples of social institutions - correct answers Family, schools, mass media, religion, government offices What is family - correct answers Parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, siblings, cousins, step family, pets, close friend's, kids, spouse Kindship ties - correct answers What holds family's together Family units - correct answers Two or more people of kindship Extended family - correct answers Mult...

Sociology emerged as a way to understand, and try to find ways to fix, the problems in society derived from - correct answers the Industrial Revolution All sociological perspectives stress that: - correct answers people's social experiences underlie their behavior According to your text, if a newborn baby were taken away from its American parents and placed with the Yanomamo Indian tribe of South America, the baby would: - correct answers take his or her place in Yanomamo society. Usin...

Family - correct answers A social institution, found in all societies, that unites individuals into cooperative groups that oversee the bearing and raising of children. Kinship - correct answers A social bond based on blood, marriage, or adoption. Family unit - correct answers A social group of two or more people, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, who usually live together. Marriage - correct answers A legally sanctioned relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, as we...

Family - correct answers A social institution, found in all societies, that unites individuals into cooperative groups that oversee the bearing and raising of children. Kinship - correct answers A social bond based on blood, marriage, or adoption. Family unit - correct answers A social group of two or more people, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, who usually live together. Marriage - correct answers A legally sanctioned relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, as we...

What does it mean to say that race and gender are socially constructed? - correct answers -social construction of gender: learning gender roles through socialization and interaction with others -Positive and negative sanctions for practices of masculine or feminine behavior (how gender differences are learned) Gender - correct answers Is a master status, is a device by which society controls its members. (concerns cultural and psychological differences) Sex - correct answers Indicates phy...