SOCIOLOGY 101 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION SCRIPT FULL SOLUTION
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●● What is the central message of postmodernism?
Answer: rejection of the idea of a single, shared understanding of history
and society
●● Identify the key tenets of the Chicago School in American sociology
Answer: -Human behavior and personality are shaped by social and
physical environments.
-The self emerges from a process of interacting with other-selves.
-Society is conceptualized as a "generalized other."
●● Max weber
Answer: This sociologist's concept of Verstehen promoted an
understanding of subjectivity, looking at social behavior from the
perspective of those engaging in it.
●● Émile Durkheim
Answer: This sociologist analyzed modern society and its division of
labor. He described anomie as a modern condition that people suffer
because of rapid social change.
, ●● W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: This sociologist developed the notion of the double
consciousness, which describes how African Americans constantly
maintain two social scripts. The first is the script that any American
might have, and the second takes into consideration the external
opinions of a racially prejudiced onlooker.
●● Georg Simmel
Answer: This sociologist introduced a sociology of pure numbers,
looking at differences between groups of two or three people, small
groups, and large groups.
●● The theorists who identified with positive-functionalist tradition
Answer: Talcott Parsons, Émile Durkheim, August Comte
●● Identify each statement as either supporting or contradicting Collins's
theory of credentialism.
Answer: supports:
- The job requirements of bartenders have not changed over the past 45
years despite their average years of education having risen.
-The job requirements of dental hygienists have become less complex
over time even though a slightly higher percentage of dental hygienists
hold college degrees now than in the past.
EVALUATION SCRIPT FULL SOLUTION
GRADED A+
●● What is the central message of postmodernism?
Answer: rejection of the idea of a single, shared understanding of history
and society
●● Identify the key tenets of the Chicago School in American sociology
Answer: -Human behavior and personality are shaped by social and
physical environments.
-The self emerges from a process of interacting with other-selves.
-Society is conceptualized as a "generalized other."
●● Max weber
Answer: This sociologist's concept of Verstehen promoted an
understanding of subjectivity, looking at social behavior from the
perspective of those engaging in it.
●● Émile Durkheim
Answer: This sociologist analyzed modern society and its division of
labor. He described anomie as a modern condition that people suffer
because of rapid social change.
, ●● W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: This sociologist developed the notion of the double
consciousness, which describes how African Americans constantly
maintain two social scripts. The first is the script that any American
might have, and the second takes into consideration the external
opinions of a racially prejudiced onlooker.
●● Georg Simmel
Answer: This sociologist introduced a sociology of pure numbers,
looking at differences between groups of two or three people, small
groups, and large groups.
●● The theorists who identified with positive-functionalist tradition
Answer: Talcott Parsons, Émile Durkheim, August Comte
●● Identify each statement as either supporting or contradicting Collins's
theory of credentialism.
Answer: supports:
- The job requirements of bartenders have not changed over the past 45
years despite their average years of education having risen.
-The job requirements of dental hygienists have become less complex
over time even though a slightly higher percentage of dental hygienists
hold college degrees now than in the past.
