Sociology Final Exam Review
Case Study - answersType of study is intensive study of a single group, incident or
community
Closed Ended Questions - answersquestions a person must answer by using a limited,
predetermined set of responses
Compte - answersSociologist who was concerned with improving social conditions in
society and is the "father of sociology"
Emile Durkheim - answers(1858-1917)
-Social Integration
-Believed human behavior is explained by social factors rather than psychological
factors
Harriet Martineau - answers(1802-1876)
-First female sociologist
-Believed women's lack of economic power kept them dependent on society
Herbert Spencer - answers(1820-1876)
-Compared social stability to the human body
Interview - answersA survey method in which a researcher asks questions and records
answers
Jane Addams - answers(1860-1935)
-US Social Reformer/Sociologist
-Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the Women's Social Reforms in America
Karl Marx - answers(1818-1893)
-Everyone needs to be on the same level
-Identified two classes in society
Max Weber - answers(1864-1920)
-Studied religion as a force for social change
-Developed a theory which human beings act on the basis of own understanding of the
situtation
, Open Ended Questions - answersquestions a person is to answer in his or her own
words
Social Darwinism - answers-Term for natural social selection which leads to the survival
of the fittest in society
Sociology - answersThe science of studying society
Survey - answersA research method in which people respond to questions
Verstehen - answersTerm for understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the
place of others
WEB Dubois - answers(1868-1963)
• Studied Sociology and Race Relations
-Focused on social policies which treated blacks as inferior in society
"I" - answersPart of the self that accounts for unlearned, spontaneous acts
"Me" - answersPart of the self formed through socialization
Counter Culture - answersType of group is a subculture who deiberately and
consciously opposes certain central belied or attitudes of the dominant culture
Cultural Universals - answersGenerally general culture that exists in all cultures
Culture - answersThe total way of life in a society
Desocialization - answersthe process of giving up old norms, values, beliefs and
attitudes
Ethnocentrism - answersJudging others in term of one's own cultural standard
Instincts - answersGenetically inherited patterns of behavior
Law - answersa norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials
Material Culture - answersConcrete, tangible objects of a culture
Nonmaterial Culture - answersNonphysical ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence
human behavior
Reflexes - answersbiological, automatic reactions to physical stimuli
Resocialization - answersthe process of learning new attitudes and norms required for
new social role
Case Study - answersType of study is intensive study of a single group, incident or
community
Closed Ended Questions - answersquestions a person must answer by using a limited,
predetermined set of responses
Compte - answersSociologist who was concerned with improving social conditions in
society and is the "father of sociology"
Emile Durkheim - answers(1858-1917)
-Social Integration
-Believed human behavior is explained by social factors rather than psychological
factors
Harriet Martineau - answers(1802-1876)
-First female sociologist
-Believed women's lack of economic power kept them dependent on society
Herbert Spencer - answers(1820-1876)
-Compared social stability to the human body
Interview - answersA survey method in which a researcher asks questions and records
answers
Jane Addams - answers(1860-1935)
-US Social Reformer/Sociologist
-Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the Women's Social Reforms in America
Karl Marx - answers(1818-1893)
-Everyone needs to be on the same level
-Identified two classes in society
Max Weber - answers(1864-1920)
-Studied religion as a force for social change
-Developed a theory which human beings act on the basis of own understanding of the
situtation
, Open Ended Questions - answersquestions a person is to answer in his or her own
words
Social Darwinism - answers-Term for natural social selection which leads to the survival
of the fittest in society
Sociology - answersThe science of studying society
Survey - answersA research method in which people respond to questions
Verstehen - answersTerm for understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the
place of others
WEB Dubois - answers(1868-1963)
• Studied Sociology and Race Relations
-Focused on social policies which treated blacks as inferior in society
"I" - answersPart of the self that accounts for unlearned, spontaneous acts
"Me" - answersPart of the self formed through socialization
Counter Culture - answersType of group is a subculture who deiberately and
consciously opposes certain central belied or attitudes of the dominant culture
Cultural Universals - answersGenerally general culture that exists in all cultures
Culture - answersThe total way of life in a society
Desocialization - answersthe process of giving up old norms, values, beliefs and
attitudes
Ethnocentrism - answersJudging others in term of one's own cultural standard
Instincts - answersGenetically inherited patterns of behavior
Law - answersa norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials
Material Culture - answersConcrete, tangible objects of a culture
Nonmaterial Culture - answersNonphysical ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence
human behavior
Reflexes - answersbiological, automatic reactions to physical stimuli
Resocialization - answersthe process of learning new attitudes and norms required for
new social role
