Exam 1: A Sociological Compass

____ is a sociological theory that stresses stability of social relations and social organization.

By examining historical social transformations in a society like the Industrial Revolution,sociologists learn:

Define feminist theory.

The system that maintains male privilege in society is known as:

Karl Marx was known as an important early symbolic interactionist.

The sociological study of suicide adds to our understanding of behaviors that were thought to be individualistic because:

If you are looking for a job,you would be well advised to ask close friends and more remote acquaintances for leads and contacts.That is because acquaintances with whom you are not close are more likely to know different opportunities and groups of people than your close friends.Consulting both friends and acquaintances allows you to cast a wider net while job-hunting than if you consulted only close friends.This is an example of the operation of ____ structures.

Emile Durkheim's theory of suicide is an example of what sociologists now call:

The larger organizational structures that shape our lives in a society are called:

The social thinker who coined the term sociology in 1838 was Emile Durkheim.

It is important to remember that social experiences helped to shape the ideas of sociologists.Therefore,we can conclude that:

Linda is a sociologist who is studying a community in the American Midwest.She believes she can understand how that community has changed over the last century by examining historical documents and interviewing a representative sample of community members in a systematic fashion.This kind of thinking is associated with ____ revolution.

The main point of Max Weber's study of Protestantism and the development of capitalism was that:

According to Mark Granovetter,the way that people typically get a job is by:

The view that the social world has become more interconnected and that this high level of connectivity and communication is reflected in social organization describes:

In his research on suicide,Emile Durkheim showed that unmarried adults are half as likely to commit suicide as married adults because there are fewer social regulations limiting their life choices.

Conflict derived from privilege and inequality is at the heart of which theoretical perspective?

Which sociologist was most concerned with the study of how individual identity is formed in the course of interacting with other people?

The national effort known as the "war on drugs" had the unintended consequences of increasing the profitability of the illegal drug trade.According to Robert Merton,this is an example of a(n)____.

According to the research of Hochschild and Machung,spouses who share domestic responsibilities are ____ to divorce than spouses who do not share domestic responsibilities.