SOC 210 CHAPTER 1 QUIZ
ANSWERS
iron cage - ANSWER-Max Weber's description of modern life, in which we are
caught in bureaucratic structures that control our lives through rigid rules and
rationalization
Karl Marx - ANSWER-Who is thought to be the father of social conflict approach?
flight attendant - ANSWER-According to the slide notes, who did Hochschild study in
the workplace that had to keep a smile on their faces and act happy no matter how
they were treated?
Postmodern Theory - ANSWER-Dr. Brown is studying how students make sense of
their lives during the pandemic. Her framework includes using mini-narratives rather
than one large unifying narrative. She expects that social reality is constantly in flux.
What theory is she using?
Eufunction - ANSWER-What is the fact that sports help people in society stay
physically fit and help promote social connections an example of?
Use your sociological imagination - ANSWER-If you teacher asks you to think
creatively and critically about your place in your nation, the teacher is asking you to:
W.E.B. DuBois - ANSWER-Who is notable b/c his research impacted all the
following research on race and racial inequality in America?
Ibn Khaldun - ANSWER-Which non-Western thinkers work predates Durkheim's
ideas by more than 500 yrs?
Beginner's Mind - ANSWER-This technique pulls from Zen Buddhism and suggest
that experts get blocked by what they already know and tells people to try to unlearn
what they already know. What is this called?
Symbolic interaction - ANSWER-Which of the following approaches is a micro-level
approach
ANSWERS
iron cage - ANSWER-Max Weber's description of modern life, in which we are
caught in bureaucratic structures that control our lives through rigid rules and
rationalization
Karl Marx - ANSWER-Who is thought to be the father of social conflict approach?
flight attendant - ANSWER-According to the slide notes, who did Hochschild study in
the workplace that had to keep a smile on their faces and act happy no matter how
they were treated?
Postmodern Theory - ANSWER-Dr. Brown is studying how students make sense of
their lives during the pandemic. Her framework includes using mini-narratives rather
than one large unifying narrative. She expects that social reality is constantly in flux.
What theory is she using?
Eufunction - ANSWER-What is the fact that sports help people in society stay
physically fit and help promote social connections an example of?
Use your sociological imagination - ANSWER-If you teacher asks you to think
creatively and critically about your place in your nation, the teacher is asking you to:
W.E.B. DuBois - ANSWER-Who is notable b/c his research impacted all the
following research on race and racial inequality in America?
Ibn Khaldun - ANSWER-Which non-Western thinkers work predates Durkheim's
ideas by more than 500 yrs?
Beginner's Mind - ANSWER-This technique pulls from Zen Buddhism and suggest
that experts get blocked by what they already know and tells people to try to unlearn
what they already know. What is this called?
Symbolic interaction - ANSWER-Which of the following approaches is a micro-level
approach
