Sociology - InQuizitive Chapter 1
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What is the study of society and social behavior called?
✔✔Sociology
What do sociologists primarily focus on when studying human behavior?
✔✔Social interactions and structures
Who is considered the father of sociology?
✔✔Auguste Comte
What is the term for patterns of social relationships and interactions in a society?
✔✔Social structure
What concept describes the ability to understand the relationship between individual experiences
and larger social influences?
✔✔Sociological imagination
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,What is the systematic study of how human behavior is shaped by social forces?
✔✔Sociology
What term refers to the shared beliefs, values, and practices that members of a society hold?
✔✔Culture
What is the study of how individuals interact with one another and within groups?
✔✔Social interaction
What is the name of the theory that focuses on the stability and order of society?
✔✔Structural functionalism
What concept describes the tension and competition between different social groups?
✔✔Conflict theory
What type of research involves collecting data to test a hypothesis?
✔✔Empirical research
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, What does the term "socialization" refer to?
✔✔The process of learning and internalizing societal norms
What is the term for a smaller group within a larger culture that has different beliefs or practices?
✔✔Subculture
What type of sociological perspective focuses on the meanings individuals assign to their social
world?
✔✔Symbolic interactionism
What is the study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes?
✔✔Macrosociology
What is the study of small-scale, face-to-face social interactions?
✔✔Microsociology
What does the term "social institution" refer to?
✔✔Established systems of norms and structures in society
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Questions and Answers Rated A+
What is the study of society and social behavior called?
✔✔Sociology
What do sociologists primarily focus on when studying human behavior?
✔✔Social interactions and structures
Who is considered the father of sociology?
✔✔Auguste Comte
What is the term for patterns of social relationships and interactions in a society?
✔✔Social structure
What concept describes the ability to understand the relationship between individual experiences
and larger social influences?
✔✔Sociological imagination
1
,What is the systematic study of how human behavior is shaped by social forces?
✔✔Sociology
What term refers to the shared beliefs, values, and practices that members of a society hold?
✔✔Culture
What is the study of how individuals interact with one another and within groups?
✔✔Social interaction
What is the name of the theory that focuses on the stability and order of society?
✔✔Structural functionalism
What concept describes the tension and competition between different social groups?
✔✔Conflict theory
What type of research involves collecting data to test a hypothesis?
✔✔Empirical research
2
, What does the term "socialization" refer to?
✔✔The process of learning and internalizing societal norms
What is the term for a smaller group within a larger culture that has different beliefs or practices?
✔✔Subculture
What type of sociological perspective focuses on the meanings individuals assign to their social
world?
✔✔Symbolic interactionism
What is the study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes?
✔✔Macrosociology
What is the study of small-scale, face-to-face social interactions?
✔✔Microsociology
What does the term "social institution" refer to?
✔✔Established systems of norms and structures in society
3
