Exam 3: Socialization

__________is the study of social life in its natural setting: observing and interviewing people where they live, work, and play.

Sociology is defined as the ___________.

A significant difference between high- and low-income countries is that low-income countries tend to be __________.

A strength of survey research is that it forces respondents to provide self-reported information, which is generally considered more reliable and valid than information gathered by third-party observation.

The settlement house movement is most closely associated with __________ .

Sociologists use the term__________ to refer to the relative location of a person or group within the larger society, based on wealth, power, prestige, or other valued resources.

Researchers in one study found that Latinos/as consistently had lower suicide rates than whites, especially when they remained strongly attached to others in the Hispanic community. This is an example of__________ .

Breanna believes that Jarrod is upset with her because she interprets his tone of voice as angry. Although Jarrod states that he is not angry, from a symbolic interactionist perspective it is Breanna's __________of the situation that is most real or believable to her.

According to Durkheim, social facts can only be explained by other social facts.

With__________ research, interpretative description (words) rather than statistics (numbers) are used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships.

According to the__________ perspective, society is the sum of the interactions of individuals and groups.

A __________ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Explain what Herbert Spencer meant by "survival of the fittest." What are the criticisms of his approach?

The basis for Marx's theory of society is the belief that__________ .

State the major assumptions of the functionalist perspectives.

Sociologists understand that there are multiple causes and effects of social issues.

In a study of homelessness in American society, __________would emphasize the struggle between social classes, especially how the policies of the wealthy protect their interests while pushing certain groups into unemployment and homelessness.

The basis for Durkheim's theory of society is the principle that __________.

All sociological theories and theorists may be categorized as functionalist, conflict, or symbolic interactionist.

According to the functionalist perspective, societies develop social structures (institutions) that persist because they play a part in helping society survive. These institutions include the family, education, government, religion, and the economy.