Intro to Sociology Exam #1/112
Questions with Solutions
Conflict Theory - -o Who : Karl Marx
o View: Vineyard
o Key terms and concepts
Haves and have not
Exploitation
Struggle for scarce resources
o Macro
-Functionalism Theory - -o Who : Emile Durkheim
o View: Village
o Key terms and concepts
Parts of society serve function
Interdepdant parts
Society is likeing living organisums
o Macro
-Symbolic interactions - -o Who: George Herbert Mead
o View : meadow
o Key terms and concepts
Day to day interactions
Signs symbols and patterns
Social meaning arises through process of social interaction
o Macro
-Analysis Level - -o Macro level
Conflict
Functionalism
o Micro level
Symbolic Interactions
-Conflict Theory - -o Macro
o Struggle for scarce resources
o Divorce Application: When men control economic life, the divorce rate is
low because women find a few alternatives to a bad marriage. Rising divorce
rate is due to a shift in the balance of power.
-Functionalism - -o Macro
o The parts of society are interdependent and related
o Divorce application : as social change erodes the traditional functions of
the family, family ties re weakened and the divorce rate increased
, o The bonds that kept the family together weakened and the family fell apart
-Symbolic interaction - -o Micro
o Face-Face interaction how people use symbols to create social life
o Divorce Application: industrialization and urbanization change marital roles
and lead to redefinition of love, marriage, children, and divorce.
o Redefined these concepts
-What is sociology? - -o The study of human behavior in society
o The scientific way of thinking about society and its influences on human
groups
o Views human behavior in societal context which reveals the underlying
basis for many social issues, problems , and current events
-What is sociology terms - -o Haves and have not/statuses
o Diversity and ethnicity issues
o Deviant behavior/ crime
o Stereotypes/labels
o Family patters/system
-Sociological Imagination - -o Sociological inquiry emerges from sociological
imagination
o The ability to see societal patterns that influences individual and group life
o C .Wright Mills - Distinction between "troubles"(privately felt
problems ) and issues (that affect large numbers of people)
o Comprehend the whole human society and its influence on the lives of
human beings
- A sociological imagination allows us to see the important relationship
between personal issues which affect an individual ( alcoholic) and social
issues which reflect a problem for the entire society ( alcholoism)
-Durkheim and Suicide - -o The higher degree of social integration the lower
expected suicide rate
o Patterns of suicide are evident in :
Religious affiliation
• The more autonomous the more suicide
• Catholicism less suicide
Martial affiliation
• Few suicides
Gender affiliation
• More females the fewer suicide
• Female more loving
• Seek help
• Male fatal
Wealth/class affiliation
• Not connected not plugged in = more suicide
Questions with Solutions
Conflict Theory - -o Who : Karl Marx
o View: Vineyard
o Key terms and concepts
Haves and have not
Exploitation
Struggle for scarce resources
o Macro
-Functionalism Theory - -o Who : Emile Durkheim
o View: Village
o Key terms and concepts
Parts of society serve function
Interdepdant parts
Society is likeing living organisums
o Macro
-Symbolic interactions - -o Who: George Herbert Mead
o View : meadow
o Key terms and concepts
Day to day interactions
Signs symbols and patterns
Social meaning arises through process of social interaction
o Macro
-Analysis Level - -o Macro level
Conflict
Functionalism
o Micro level
Symbolic Interactions
-Conflict Theory - -o Macro
o Struggle for scarce resources
o Divorce Application: When men control economic life, the divorce rate is
low because women find a few alternatives to a bad marriage. Rising divorce
rate is due to a shift in the balance of power.
-Functionalism - -o Macro
o The parts of society are interdependent and related
o Divorce application : as social change erodes the traditional functions of
the family, family ties re weakened and the divorce rate increased
, o The bonds that kept the family together weakened and the family fell apart
-Symbolic interaction - -o Micro
o Face-Face interaction how people use symbols to create social life
o Divorce Application: industrialization and urbanization change marital roles
and lead to redefinition of love, marriage, children, and divorce.
o Redefined these concepts
-What is sociology? - -o The study of human behavior in society
o The scientific way of thinking about society and its influences on human
groups
o Views human behavior in societal context which reveals the underlying
basis for many social issues, problems , and current events
-What is sociology terms - -o Haves and have not/statuses
o Diversity and ethnicity issues
o Deviant behavior/ crime
o Stereotypes/labels
o Family patters/system
-Sociological Imagination - -o Sociological inquiry emerges from sociological
imagination
o The ability to see societal patterns that influences individual and group life
o C .Wright Mills - Distinction between "troubles"(privately felt
problems ) and issues (that affect large numbers of people)
o Comprehend the whole human society and its influence on the lives of
human beings
- A sociological imagination allows us to see the important relationship
between personal issues which affect an individual ( alcoholic) and social
issues which reflect a problem for the entire society ( alcholoism)
-Durkheim and Suicide - -o The higher degree of social integration the lower
expected suicide rate
o Patterns of suicide are evident in :
Religious affiliation
• The more autonomous the more suicide
• Catholicism less suicide
Martial affiliation
• Few suicides
Gender affiliation
• More females the fewer suicide
• Female more loving
• Seek help
• Male fatal
Wealth/class affiliation
• Not connected not plugged in = more suicide
