Intro to Sociology Chapter 1 – Flashcards

What might sociologist say about why an individual chooses a particular person to marry?

Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?

Peter Berger described using the sociological perspective as seeing_____ in the ______.

From a sociological perspective, patterns of childbearing around the world suggest that the number of children born to a woman reflects:

Three roomates are in their dorm room sharing a late-night discussion about why they are in college. A sociological point of view would point to the importance of:

The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was:

In the United States today, the suicide rate is highest for which of the following categories of people?

Suicide rates are generally higher among

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has:

People in which of the following categories are most likely to make use of the sociological perspective?

Wright Mills pointed out that sociological awareness tends to be more widespread:

The United States falls within which of the following categories?

More then 1 million immigrants enter the United States each year and many (including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gloria Estefan) have become well known. These facts support the conclusion that:

Which of the following statements in TRUE?

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages?

Learning more about sociology helps us to:

All but one of the following historical changes stimulated the development of the discipline of sociology. Which one did NOT?

Historically, the sociological perspective was most likely to develop in:

Sociology differs from earlier philosophy by focusing on:

The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by:

Comte described the earliest human societies as being at which level of societal development.

According to Comte, societies in which stage of development begin to see society as a natural rather than a supernatural- phenomenon?

Which of the following is a way of understanding the wolrd based on science

Why have sociologists NOT identified "laws of society" that allow us to predict the actions of specific individuals?

By linking specific facts together to create meaning, we create a:

If we state that children raised in single-parent families are at high risk of being single parents themselves, we have constructed a _____ of family life.

In deciding what questions to ask as they begin research, sociologists are guided by:

What is the term for basic image of society that guides thinking and research?

The theoretical approach in sociology that views society as complex system whos parts work together to promote solidarity ad stability is the:

Which of the following phrases best describes the focus of the structural-functional approach?

Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society. What concept refers to these negative consequences?

The recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern are referred to as:

Unrecognized an unintended consequences of the social structure are called:

The structural-functional approach helps us to:

Robert Merton explained that what is function for one category of a society's population:

The chief characteristic of which theoretical approach is its view of society as orderly and stable?

The early U.S. sociologist who earned the first doctorate ever awarded by Harvard University to a person of color was:

Which US sociologist studied the African American community and served as a founding member of the National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People (NAACP)

The "framework for building theory that sees society as an arena in inequality that generates conflict and change" is which of the following?

The Social conflict approach draws attention to:

Looking at the operation of US schools, the social conflict approach might lead a sociologist to conclude that:

For Karl Marx, the point of studying society was:

The social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to highlight:

Which of the following people had an important influence on the development of the social conflict approach?

The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is:

Which theoretical approach highlights the fact that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as the meaning they attach to their behavior:

Which of the following questions summarizes the focus of the symbolic-interaction approach?

Which following is the best example of a manifest function of sports?

Keeping young people off the streets would be a _____ of sports:

A social - conflict analysis of sports might emphasize:

Science can be defined as:

Sociologists use the concept "empirical evidence" to refer to:

A Commonly used statistic that results from adding all scores and dividing by the number of scores is called the:

Two variables said to display correlation if:

The ideal of objectivity means that a researcher

The sociologist who called on his colleagues to be value-free was:

Studying the meaning people attach to their everyday lives is the search for:

If you have been criticized for "androcentricity" in your research, you have:

Failing to consider the possible importance of gender in sociological study describes the problem called:

The method of sociological research best suited to identifying cause-and-effect relationships is:

In his study of prison behavior, Philip Zimbardo was trying to learn:

Which research method asks subjects to respond to a series of items in a questionnaire or an interview?

A small number of people used to represent an entire population is called:

Using which of the following methods would a researcher most likely to reveal information about herself to her subjects:

A major advantage of using existing data is:

An exaggerated description that somebody applies to every person in a category of the population is referred to as: