Test Bank For Sociology in Action 2nd Edition By Kathleen
Odell Korgen; Maxine P. Atkinson
Sociology - ANSWER:study of how individuals both shape and are shaped by society
Origin and Current Uses - ANSWER:understand and address social issues, industrial
revolution, and critical thinking and problem solving
Comte - ANSWER:coined the term sociology
The Sociological Eye - ANSWER:deeper meanings of
situations and patterns; awareness helps promote social change
Sociological Imagination - ANSWER:connect personal experience to patterns,
relationship between individuals and society, and need to understand both
Sociological Imagination: Fallacy of Individualistic Perspective - ANSWER:people
succeed or fail on their own, fails to account for environmental factors, and
opportunities not equal for all
Scientific Discipline - ANSWER:- Study how society works
- Follow scientific rules
Theoretical Perspectives - ANSWER:-ways of viewing the world
-make sense of social patterns
The Scientific Research Process - ANSWER:-collect and analyze data
-follow scientific rules
-be transparent
The Scientific Method - ANSWER:observation, theory, prediction, and evidence
Steortypes - ANSWER:-negative, predetermined ideas about groups
-justifies discriminatory treatment
-not based on evidence
Good Generalizations - ANSWER:-Based on research
-Describe, not judge
-Descriptions change with new data
Two Core Commitments - ANSWER:- use the sociological eye to observe social
patterns
, - take action to challenge those patterns
Social Patterns - ANSWER:- Notice and understand patterns
-Use patterns for personal advantages
-Influence social change
Assumptions - ANSWER:are ideas we feel have been established strongly enough
that we can assume they are always true. Therefore, we do not have to reprove
them each time we test a hypothesis
Bias - ANSWER:is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
Sociology and Democracy - ANSWER:-more informed voters
-real information versus fake news
-sociologically informed public necessary
Sociology and Careers - ANSWER:-sociological knowledge useful for careers
-understand people and social forces
Social Institution - ANSWER:are a set of patterned and relatively enduring strategies
for dealing with one or more important social needs
examples of social institutions - ANSWER:family, economics, religion, education, and
state
Paradigm - ANSWER:are theoretical frameworks through which scientists study the
world
Sociologist generally look at the world through one of the following paradigms: -
ANSWER:-conflict theory
-functionalism
-symbolic interactionism
Functionalism - ANSWER:is a macro paradigm
Functionalism - ANSWER:is a theoretical framework that defines society as a system
of interrelated parts
manifest functions - ANSWER:the recognized and intended consequences of any
social pattern
latent functions - ANSWER:unintended consequences of any social pattern
Herbert Spencer - ANSWER:who says society is an organism
Odell Korgen; Maxine P. Atkinson
Sociology - ANSWER:study of how individuals both shape and are shaped by society
Origin and Current Uses - ANSWER:understand and address social issues, industrial
revolution, and critical thinking and problem solving
Comte - ANSWER:coined the term sociology
The Sociological Eye - ANSWER:deeper meanings of
situations and patterns; awareness helps promote social change
Sociological Imagination - ANSWER:connect personal experience to patterns,
relationship between individuals and society, and need to understand both
Sociological Imagination: Fallacy of Individualistic Perspective - ANSWER:people
succeed or fail on their own, fails to account for environmental factors, and
opportunities not equal for all
Scientific Discipline - ANSWER:- Study how society works
- Follow scientific rules
Theoretical Perspectives - ANSWER:-ways of viewing the world
-make sense of social patterns
The Scientific Research Process - ANSWER:-collect and analyze data
-follow scientific rules
-be transparent
The Scientific Method - ANSWER:observation, theory, prediction, and evidence
Steortypes - ANSWER:-negative, predetermined ideas about groups
-justifies discriminatory treatment
-not based on evidence
Good Generalizations - ANSWER:-Based on research
-Describe, not judge
-Descriptions change with new data
Two Core Commitments - ANSWER:- use the sociological eye to observe social
patterns
, - take action to challenge those patterns
Social Patterns - ANSWER:- Notice and understand patterns
-Use patterns for personal advantages
-Influence social change
Assumptions - ANSWER:are ideas we feel have been established strongly enough
that we can assume they are always true. Therefore, we do not have to reprove
them each time we test a hypothesis
Bias - ANSWER:is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
Sociology and Democracy - ANSWER:-more informed voters
-real information versus fake news
-sociologically informed public necessary
Sociology and Careers - ANSWER:-sociological knowledge useful for careers
-understand people and social forces
Social Institution - ANSWER:are a set of patterned and relatively enduring strategies
for dealing with one or more important social needs
examples of social institutions - ANSWER:family, economics, religion, education, and
state
Paradigm - ANSWER:are theoretical frameworks through which scientists study the
world
Sociologist generally look at the world through one of the following paradigms: -
ANSWER:-conflict theory
-functionalism
-symbolic interactionism
Functionalism - ANSWER:is a macro paradigm
Functionalism - ANSWER:is a theoretical framework that defines society as a system
of interrelated parts
manifest functions - ANSWER:the recognized and intended consequences of any
social pattern
latent functions - ANSWER:unintended consequences of any social pattern
Herbert Spencer - ANSWER:who says society is an organism
