Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective

Our ancestors

Who is the audience for basic sociology?

E. B. Du Bois

_____ harnesses the sociological perspective for the benefit of the public.

Perhaps ahead of the times, _____ warned of the dangers of the coalescing of interests of the top leaders of business, politics, and the military.

When did sociology first take root in the United States?

Rather than Weber's Verstehen, Durkheim stressed

Who was the founder of conflict theory?

Robert Merton used the term _____ for the harmful consequences of people's actions.

Why do women not figure more prominently among early sociologists?

The _____ examined by sociologists are recurring characteristics or events.

In the eyes of _____, society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together.

_____ focuses on politics and government.

Constance, a sociologist, found a piece of research performed by another sociologist intriguing. It looked at the impact of learning new activities on the aging process. When she read the results, which were reported in a journal she read, she saw that the number of people studied had been very small. But the report itself was well written and enthusiastic. Much as Constance was excited by the findings, she wondered if bias might have affected them. Things looked just a little bit too good. The way to check this would be to _____ the study.

In _____, symbols are the key to understanding how we look at the world and communicate with one another.

The _____ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories.

Capitalism becoming the world's dominant economic system is known as

How do sociologists differ from psychologists?

According to Max Weber, the central force in social change is

Max Weber said that sociology should be