Exam 3: Socialization

Emile Durkheim refused to accept that suicide was merely a(n)__________ .

The cultural heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country of origin, is termed __________.

Barbara was born female, which refers to her__________ ; she acts very feminine, which refers to her __________.

Compared to quantitative research, qualitative research is more likely to __________.

Interest in the systematic study of people's behavior and ideas took hold during the nineteenth century primarily in response to ___________.

Although he founded functionalism and its emphasis on social order, sociologist Emile Durkheim observed that rapid social change and a more specialized division of labor produced strains leading to a breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority.

Briefly summarize the contributions of Harriet Martineau to early sociology.

According to Mills, the sociological imagination enables one to distinguish between personal troubles that must be solved within the immediate social setting and __________that affect large numbers of people and often require solutions at the societal level.

A __________analysis focuses on small groups rather than large-scale social structures.

Sociologists obtain their knowledge of human behavior through__________ , which is the process of systematically collecting information for the purpose of testing an existing theory or generating a new one.

In an experiment, the__________ contains the subjects who are exposed to an independent variable to study its effect on them.

Asher wants to do a study of the effectiveness of the Gardasil vaccine but lacks the time and money to gather his own data. Consequently, he analyzes data on this topic that were gathered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this case, Asher is conducting __________.

Based on British social theorist Herbert Spencer's theory, __________is the belief that those species of animals, including human beings, that are the most adapted to their environment will survive and prosper, whereas those that are poorly adapted will eventually die out.

__________perspectives are based on the assumption that society is a stable, orderly system composed of interrelated parts, each of which (ideally) contributes to the overall stability of the society.

Quantitative research and qualitative research both follow the same research model.

When studying the problem of suicide, sociologists are most interested in explaining its __________.

A functionalist study has determined that __________support was the most important factor in whether Air Force personnel experienced severe suicidal ideation.

Explain the various safeguards researchers take to ensure ethical research procedures.

Sociologist George Herbert Mead was one of the first scholars to note that a dual heritage creates conflict for people of color. He called this duality double-consciousness-the identity conflict of being black and American.

To understand the process coroners use to determine whether or not a death is suicide, a sociologist works for six months in the coroner's office and spends as much time as possible observing coroners at work. This is an example of ___________.