Exam 1: Sociology: Theory and Method

One of the main ways that Karl Marx differs from Émile Durkheim and Auguste Comte is that:

According to ________, sociology must study social facts-aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals-in order to become a science.

One possible criticism of functionalism might be:

According to the textbook, ________ was the first to turn a sociological eye on previously ignored issues, such as marriage, children, domestic and religious life, and race relations.

Laud Humphreys's studies on tearooms were controversial because he:

In a short paragraph, use your sociological imagination to think about the social processes that go into writing an essay for a college course. What is involved?

The ideas of Karl Marx might be criticized for what reason?

W. E. B. Du Bois and Harriet Martineau are the two neglected founders mentioned in the textbook. In a short paragraph, what might this neglect tell us about the history of sociology as a discipline?

Max Weber's theoretical contributions might be criticized for:

Theorists of ________, such as Auguste Comte and Émile Durkheim, compared societies to the workings of a human body.

Harpreet wants to research differences in attitudes toward globalization between people from the United States and people from Colombia. She is creating a survey instrument to give to people from both regions. What part of the research process is she in?

Chris insists that any decent analysis of our social world must include investigations into the lived experiences of women. Chris's ideas match most closely with those of which theorist?

When Juan drinks his morning coffee, he thinks about its production in Colombia, its transportation through many countries, the taxes and tariffs applied for international commerce, and the diverse array of social relations behind his drink. According to the textbook, one might say that Juan is using:

Sally has come up with an interesting research question about the behaviors of people who have just achieved what they see as major success in their lives. She finds and investigates as much existing literature on the question as she can find. What part of the research process is Sally in?

Jenna and her family lose their home because her parents can no longer pay the mortgage during a time of economic crisis when foreclosures have become a common feature of her country. Jenna would be using a sociological imagination to think about this if she were to:

Jerome looks at how the global economy functions in continental free-trade zones. His studies might be described as:

Kevon believes that society should be looked at like a body, with constituent parts necessary to the functioning of the whole. His ideas probably most closely mirror those of which theorist?

________ invented the word sociology.