Sociology exam 1
Social Construction - Answer-The process of understanding how individuals create social reality through
their thoughts and actions is called ______
The way people are affected and affect social structures and processes - Answer-Sociology is the
systematic study of ______
Micro; Macro - Answer-A researcher who is studying in a local school district realizes that its problems
are also occurring in the majority of public school districts within the United States. This researcher is
connecting ______ to ______ social phenomena.
Private troubles and public issues - Answer-A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is
an example of what aspect of sociological imagination?
The butterfly effect - Answer-The mass introduction of high-speed Internet has allowed people around
the world to obtain information faster than ever before. It has influenced many factors around the
globe, including how people meet through networks and how often people can communicate. Sociology
would point to high-speed Internet as an example of ______.
Globalization, consumption, and the digital world - Answer-Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as
the centerpiece of his text. These concerns are _____
C. Wright Mills - Answer-______ applied sociology to politics, arguing that the United States was
developing a "military industrial complex" that favored war.
False - Answer-Sociologists do not engage in social reform; the job of the sociologist is only to engage in
"pure science" research.
, True - Answer-he sociological imagination can help people make the connection between public issues
and private troubles.
Sociology is systematic and rigorous; common sense is not. - Answer-How is sociology different from
commonsense understandings of the social world?
Theories - Answer-______ are sets of interrelated ideas that have a wide range of applications, deal with
centrally important issues, and have stood the test of time.
W. E. B. Du Bois - Answer-The early sociologist who is best known for his studies pertaining to race,
specifically the divisions that existed between blacks and whites, is ______
Get worse until the inequality gap led to workers overthrowing the system - Answer-Karl Marx believed
that over time the situation of capitalism would ______
To analyze the relationship between the economy and religion - Answer-One of the main objectives of
Max Weber's works was ______
Organic Solidarity - Answer-Today, if John's computer stops operating correctly, he probably calls a
computer repair technician to fix it. The computer repair technician depends on people like John who
need computers to help earn a livelihood. This is an example of ______
Social Facts - Answer-Émile Durkheim was concerned with macro-level phenomena, which he referred
to as ______.
Conflict Theory - Answer-______ sees society as held together by power and coercion
Social Construction - Answer-The process of understanding how individuals create social reality through
their thoughts and actions is called ______
The way people are affected and affect social structures and processes - Answer-Sociology is the
systematic study of ______
Micro; Macro - Answer-A researcher who is studying in a local school district realizes that its problems
are also occurring in the majority of public school districts within the United States. This researcher is
connecting ______ to ______ social phenomena.
Private troubles and public issues - Answer-A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is
an example of what aspect of sociological imagination?
The butterfly effect - Answer-The mass introduction of high-speed Internet has allowed people around
the world to obtain information faster than ever before. It has influenced many factors around the
globe, including how people meet through networks and how often people can communicate. Sociology
would point to high-speed Internet as an example of ______.
Globalization, consumption, and the digital world - Answer-Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as
the centerpiece of his text. These concerns are _____
C. Wright Mills - Answer-______ applied sociology to politics, arguing that the United States was
developing a "military industrial complex" that favored war.
False - Answer-Sociologists do not engage in social reform; the job of the sociologist is only to engage in
"pure science" research.
, True - Answer-he sociological imagination can help people make the connection between public issues
and private troubles.
Sociology is systematic and rigorous; common sense is not. - Answer-How is sociology different from
commonsense understandings of the social world?
Theories - Answer-______ are sets of interrelated ideas that have a wide range of applications, deal with
centrally important issues, and have stood the test of time.
W. E. B. Du Bois - Answer-The early sociologist who is best known for his studies pertaining to race,
specifically the divisions that existed between blacks and whites, is ______
Get worse until the inequality gap led to workers overthrowing the system - Answer-Karl Marx believed
that over time the situation of capitalism would ______
To analyze the relationship between the economy and religion - Answer-One of the main objectives of
Max Weber's works was ______
Organic Solidarity - Answer-Today, if John's computer stops operating correctly, he probably calls a
computer repair technician to fix it. The computer repair technician depends on people like John who
need computers to help earn a livelihood. This is an example of ______
Social Facts - Answer-Émile Durkheim was concerned with macro-level phenomena, which he referred
to as ______.
Conflict Theory - Answer-______ sees society as held together by power and coercion
