Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective and Research Process.

When analyzing the tobacco industry, which theoretical perspective would most likely look at tobacco interests versus health care interests?

Outline the six (6) steps of the "conventional" research model.

In an experiment, the __________ contains the subjects who are not exposed to the independent variable.

A number of Europeans were important in establishing sociology. Discuss these figures in terms of their contributions.

__________ is the extent to which a study or research instrument accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.

Which group below has the highest rate of suicide?

From a symbolic interactionist point of view, a suicide attempt may be a way of moving toward other people in the form of a cry for help and personal acceptance, rather than a move toward death.

According to French sociologist Emile Durkheim, __________ are patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social control over each person.

Environmental problems are an example of __________. People throughout the world share the same biosphere. When environmental degradation, such as removing natural resources or polluting the air and water, takes place in one region, it may have an adverse effect on people elsewhere.

A physician wears a white lab coat and a stethoscope. The patient sees these as Representing knowledge and authority. The coat and stethoscope are

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.

__________ are people who provide data for analysis through interviews or questionnaires.

Unlike many early analysts, who believed that values could not be separated from the research process, German social scientist __________ emphasized that sociology should be value free-research should be conducted in a scientific manner and should exclude the researcher's personal values and economic interests.

Researchers in one study examined the effects of church membership, divorce, and migration on suicide rates in the United States and concluded that suicide rates are typically higher where divorce and migration rates are higher and church membership is lower. This is an example of __________.

Urbanization is the process by which societies are transformed from dependence on agriculture and handmade products to an emphasis on manufacturing and related industries.

Based on the __________ perspective, a society is composed of interrelated parts, each of which (ideally) contributes to the overall stability of the society.

Middle-income countries are nations with highly industrialized economies, technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations; and relatively high levels of national and personal income.

__________ is a term used by many people to specify groups of people distinguished by physical characteristics such as skin color.

The sociological imagination helps us place personal troubles, such as losing one's job or attempting suicide, into a larger social context, where we can distinguish whether and how personal troubles may be related to public issues.

__________ refers to the biological and anatomical differences between females and males.