Exam 1: The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

Explaining unique cases is the focus of most historians,whereas the comparative method is the staple of the sociologist.This comparative method is also known as:

Take one of sociology's cousins (i.e.,history,anthropology,psychology,economics,and political science)and discuss some of the overlaps (similarities)and differences between the two.

What do symbolic interactionists study?

Which of the following was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University?

Two words that might describe the difference between conflict theory and functionalism are:

A white woman goes into an upscale shop to look at clothes.She is excited to see that there is a sale and gathers a huge pile of clothes to take into the dressing room.An African American woman goes into the store and is also excited about the sale but hesitates to take too many clothes into the dressing room because she is afraid the staff will think she might shoplift. W.E.B.Du Bois would say that the African American woman has:

Which of the three historical epistemological stages of human society did Comte claim was characterized by the development of social physics to explain human behavior?

Which of the following is the study of social meanings that emphasizes subjectivity in understanding human behavior?

Charles H.Cooley argued that the "self " emerges from how an individual interacts with others and then interprets those interactions.He calls this:

Native Americans may see the history of the United States differently than white Europeans.Which theory would argue that there is not a unifying "grand narrative" of history because history itself is not objective,but rather socially constructed?

In sociology's "cousin," psychology,the focus is on the individual.In sociology,the focus is above and beyond the individual,on group-level dynamics and social structures.This is known as:

Discuss the main ideas of functionalist sociology.

The author of your text states that the most age-segregated social institution in our society is a:

"If men define situations as real,they are real in their consequences" is the theory of which of the following Chicago School theorists?

In the discipline of history,focusing on historical figures such as Adolf Hitler is known as:

To truly understand why people act the way they do,we must understand the meanings they attach to their behaviors.Max Weber called this:

The Chicago School's Jane Addams founded the first American settlement house,an institution to help the poor by offering aid,educational services,and more.This house was known as the:

As defined by C.Wright Mills,which of the following "enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society"?

After doing some sociological math,the net difference between the annual earnings of the average high school versus college graduate is about ____________ per year.

Who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?