Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective

Despite her acclaimed research on social life,until recently Harriet Martineau was best known for translating Comte's works on sociology into English.

According to the principles of symbolic interactionism,symbols not only allow relationships to exist,they also allow society to exist.

-In Figure 1.4,"Call Back Rates by Race-Ethnicity and Criminal Record," what conclusions can be drawn from the graph?

Gerard is examining online conversations in a public forum in which participants are discussing spousal abuse. What research method is he using?

Reliability is very important in data collection. Reliability means that ________________________.

How should a sociologist's values affect his or her research,according to Max Weber?

Because of her outstanding contributions to social reform,as demonstrated in her work as co-founder of Hull-House,________ was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931.

What was Weber's view on how one's personal values should affect social research? Has his view been adopted as the standard for all sociological research? Explain.

What term is used by sociologists to refer to what people do when they are in one another's presence?

Define the sociological perspective (or imagination),cite its components,and explain how they were defined by C. Wright Mills.

The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University,who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP,was ________.

-In Figure 1.3 "Comparing Basic and Applied Sociology," what is the difference between basic and applied sociology regarding the audience and product of the effort?

The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as ________.

The scientific method requires ________,or repeating a study in order to compare the new research results with the original findings.

Sociologists who analyze how social life depends on the ways that people define themselves and others are most likely ________.

Herbert Spencer suggested that to help lower classes is to interfere with the natural process of "survival of the fittest." This concept was the key element in his view of the evolution of society,called ________.

Because sociology is based on common sense,it is an excellent discipline for students to study who approach the world in a rational,matter-of-fact way.

Sociologists often use "common sense" to understand they way the world "is."

According to Karl Marx,what single element was the key to understanding human history?

The two sociologists who referred to society as being a kind of living organism were _______ and ________.