SOC 100 (Purdue) Exam 1 Actual Questions and
Answers 2024 with complete solution
The study of human society
Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much
conscious thought
Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange
sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal
troubles and social structures.
Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination?
C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social
role and reproduce themselves over time.
Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory?
Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism."
Auguste Comte
An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English.
Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe
Morals and Manners
Harriet Martineau
Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the
theoretical basis for Communism.
Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism.
Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that
drove social change throughout history
Historical Materialism, by Karl Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of
modern capitalism
Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class
Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"
Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of
those engaging in it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the
meanings people attach to their actions.
Verstehen, by Max Weber
, Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism
and industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another.
Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to
sociology.
Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of
normlessness resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or
arrangements.
, by ___
Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
Wrote about the methods of social science as well as religion in The
Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Émile Durkheim
Often considered the founding practitioner of positivist sociology
Émile Durkheim
A strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described and
predicted by certain observable relationships.
Positivist Sociology
Established what we today refer to as formal sociology (pure numbers)
Georg Simmel
A sociology of pure numbers, by ____
formal sociology, by Georg Simmel
Provided formal definitions for small and large groups, a party, a stranger, and
the poor.
Georg Simmel
His work was influential in the development of urban sociology and cultural
sociology
Georg Simmel
Sociology characterized by empirical research primarily conducted throughout
the city of Chicago. Was best embodied by what came to be referred to as the
Chicago School
American Sociology
Concept that humans' behaviors and personalities are shaped by their social
and physical environments
Social ecology
the basic premise of the Chicago School
Social ecology
The theory of the "social self " emerged from the work of which social
psychologists?
Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead
Best known for the concept of the "looking-glass self."
Charles Horton Cooley
_______ theorized that the "self" emerges from our ability to assume the point
of view of others and imagine how those others see us.
Charles Horton Cooley
A concept which allows for the application of norms and behaviors learned in
specific situations to new situations
Generalized Other
Answers 2024 with complete solution
The study of human society
Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much
conscious thought
Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange
sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal
troubles and social structures.
Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination?
C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social
role and reproduce themselves over time.
Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory?
Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism."
Auguste Comte
An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English.
Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe
Morals and Manners
Harriet Martineau
Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the
theoretical basis for Communism.
Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism.
Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that
drove social change throughout history
Historical Materialism, by Karl Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of
modern capitalism
Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class
Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"
Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of
those engaging in it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the
meanings people attach to their actions.
Verstehen, by Max Weber
, Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism
and industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another.
Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to
sociology.
Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of
normlessness resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or
arrangements.
, by ___
Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
Wrote about the methods of social science as well as religion in The
Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Émile Durkheim
Often considered the founding practitioner of positivist sociology
Émile Durkheim
A strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described and
predicted by certain observable relationships.
Positivist Sociology
Established what we today refer to as formal sociology (pure numbers)
Georg Simmel
A sociology of pure numbers, by ____
formal sociology, by Georg Simmel
Provided formal definitions for small and large groups, a party, a stranger, and
the poor.
Georg Simmel
His work was influential in the development of urban sociology and cultural
sociology
Georg Simmel
Sociology characterized by empirical research primarily conducted throughout
the city of Chicago. Was best embodied by what came to be referred to as the
Chicago School
American Sociology
Concept that humans' behaviors and personalities are shaped by their social
and physical environments
Social ecology
the basic premise of the Chicago School
Social ecology
The theory of the "social self " emerged from the work of which social
psychologists?
Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead
Best known for the concept of the "looking-glass self."
Charles Horton Cooley
_______ theorized that the "self" emerges from our ability to assume the point
of view of others and imagine how those others see us.
Charles Horton Cooley
A concept which allows for the application of norms and behaviors learned in
specific situations to new situations
Generalized Other
