Exam 1: Sociology: Theory and Method

Wesley conducts research that involves meeting with subjects in a controlled setting.He treats some subjects kindly but behaves rudely to others.He notes how the different groups react to his behavior to make inferences about how people react to kindness and rudeness in certain situations.His research would best be described as:

Pierre prefers to think of institutions and human activities by analyzing the relationship of each individual part as it relates to the whole.His way of thinking most closely resembles which theoretical perspective?

__________ refers to how human societies are reconstructed at every moment by the very "building blocks" that compose them-human beings.

Mohammed believes that studies of human behavior should focus primarily on how we construct meaning together through abstract representations.His position is closest to which theoretical perspective?

Sangeeta argues that African Americans often see themselves through the eyes of white society.Her ideas most closely match with those of which theorist?

A(n)__________ enables a researcher to test a hypothesis under highly controlled conditions established by the investigator.

How might a sociologist influenced by symbolic interactionism explain gender in the contemporary United States?

What is the difference between microsociology and macrosociology? What are some examples of each?

What are the manifest and latent functions of public schools in the United States?

The study of everyday behavior in situations of face-to-face interaction is usually called:

The German sociologist Max Weber was highly influential in sociology for his studies of:

__________ is when the research study ends,and the investigator discusses with the subjects their concerns and acknowledges whether strategies such as deception were used.

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?

Adherents of __________ contend that there are no longer any "grand narratives," or metanarratives-overall conceptions of history or society-that make any sense.