Exam 1: What Is Sociology

When sociological research and analysis are framed in the context of power and inequality, the reader can assume that the research and analysis are variations of what type of theory?

What would a symbolic interactionist say is involved in nearly all social interactions?

The foundational figures in sociology developed theories to address social inequality, exploitation, and stratification, but at the same time they:

Which of the following statements most closely resembles the ideas of a postmodernist?

Behavior that is oriented toward self-interest is often called:

The significance of a sociological imagination is that:

In their 2002 study comparing the average yearly income of students who had been admitted to and attended an Ivy League college with the average yearly income of students who had been admitted to but did not attend an Ivy League college, Alan Krueger and Stacy Dale found that:

A child's father is likely to tell the child to "say thank-you" when the child receives a gift. This is an example of:

According to Émile Durkheim, societies must have organic solidarity based on cooperation and a general agreement on basic values and customs in order to:

MATCHING -Invented the word "sociology"

According to Émile Durkheim, sociologists must study social facts, which are:

What do Marxism and feminism have in common?

One of the latent functions of marriage is to reproduce the class structure of society.

MATCHING -Drew attention to the conspicuous absence of women's lives from sociology

Feminist theory notes the systematic inequality in social life by gender and seeks political reform to overcome this inequality. These features of feminist theory illustrate its connection to ____________.

Which theoretical perspective perceives moral consensus within society as imperative for social integration?

We can say that something is socially constructed when it occurs through:

What is the main source of meaning in the postmodern world, according to Jean Baudrillard?

MATCHING -Saw society as a set of independent parts, each of which could be studied separately

In one or two sentences, explain Émile Durkheim's idea of social facts, and give one example of a social fact.