UVA SOC 1010 Exam 1 with Complete
Solutions
sociology - correct Answer-the study of how organization influences the functioning of
society; focuses on the supra-individual using a wide range of qualitative and
quantitative methods
society - correct Answer-the complex interactions between people that shape
institutions and persist over time and space
history - correct Answer-focuses on unique cases using archives
anthropology - correct Answer-focuses on unique cases using a range of methods that
seek qualitative analysis
political science - correct Answer-focuses on state relations using a range of methods
that seek quanitative analysis
psychology - correct Answer-focuses on the individual and uses a range of methods
that seek quantitative analysis
biological sciences - correct Answer-focuses on the intra-individual using lab
experiments
interpretive - correct Answer-the approach to sociology that focuses on the meaning of
social phenomena of individual people, taking into account the situational context; it is
crucial to understand the individuals who are behaving
positivist - correct Answer-the approach to sociology that focuses on the laws of how
society works (social physics); follows a model similar to that of the biological sciences
by making hypotheses and using the scientific method to investigate
sociological imagination - correct Answer-the understanding of the self in terms of
history and how others have lived and acted in similar historical situations; must use
reason and available information to reach this understanding
troubles - correct Answer-problems that are relevant on the individual level and that are
generally private; related to the sociological imagination
, materialist view - correct Answer-view that social life is most greatly influenced by the
way that work is socially organized and the technology that is used in production;
working men and women are actively crafting society
Durkheim - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who held a functionalist view;
thought society shaped people (social context)
Weber - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who held a symbolic interactionist
view
Marx - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who believed in conflict theory;
thought economic context shaped society
feudalism, capitalism, socialism - correct Answer-the three stages of society that Marx
believed in; based on economic structures
feminism - correct Answer-sociological theory that seeks to understand society from
women's perspective and takes into account the patriarchal structure of society
rational choice theory - correct Answer-sociological theory looking at the way that
economic and material incentive drive behavior; rationality is limited ways to maintain
trust in society are studied
phenomenology - correct Answer-sociological theory that emphasizes the role of
sensory experiences in knowledge formation
postmodernism - correct Answer-sociological theory studying and understanding the
deviation from traditional social forces
critical race theory - correct Answer-sociological theory that studies the way that race is
related to social power
the Polish Peasant - correct Answer-a book written by William I. Thomas (Chicago
school sociologist) that focused on the immigration patterns of Polish immigrants to
America; influential in the use of primary sources for sociological research; showed how
institutions like the church made transitions easier
1915-1940 - correct Answer-most influential years of the Chicago school of sociology
Robert E. Park - correct Answer-one of the founding leaders of the Chicago school of
sociology
Alice Goffman - correct Answer-sociologist who wrote "On the Run," which studied the
social context of a neighborhood in Philadelphia; used methods that reflected the
Chicago school's legacy (observation, etc.)
Solutions
sociology - correct Answer-the study of how organization influences the functioning of
society; focuses on the supra-individual using a wide range of qualitative and
quantitative methods
society - correct Answer-the complex interactions between people that shape
institutions and persist over time and space
history - correct Answer-focuses on unique cases using archives
anthropology - correct Answer-focuses on unique cases using a range of methods that
seek qualitative analysis
political science - correct Answer-focuses on state relations using a range of methods
that seek quanitative analysis
psychology - correct Answer-focuses on the individual and uses a range of methods
that seek quantitative analysis
biological sciences - correct Answer-focuses on the intra-individual using lab
experiments
interpretive - correct Answer-the approach to sociology that focuses on the meaning of
social phenomena of individual people, taking into account the situational context; it is
crucial to understand the individuals who are behaving
positivist - correct Answer-the approach to sociology that focuses on the laws of how
society works (social physics); follows a model similar to that of the biological sciences
by making hypotheses and using the scientific method to investigate
sociological imagination - correct Answer-the understanding of the self in terms of
history and how others have lived and acted in similar historical situations; must use
reason and available information to reach this understanding
troubles - correct Answer-problems that are relevant on the individual level and that are
generally private; related to the sociological imagination
, materialist view - correct Answer-view that social life is most greatly influenced by the
way that work is socially organized and the technology that is used in production;
working men and women are actively crafting society
Durkheim - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who held a functionalist view;
thought society shaped people (social context)
Weber - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who held a symbolic interactionist
view
Marx - correct Answer-founding father of sociology who believed in conflict theory;
thought economic context shaped society
feudalism, capitalism, socialism - correct Answer-the three stages of society that Marx
believed in; based on economic structures
feminism - correct Answer-sociological theory that seeks to understand society from
women's perspective and takes into account the patriarchal structure of society
rational choice theory - correct Answer-sociological theory looking at the way that
economic and material incentive drive behavior; rationality is limited ways to maintain
trust in society are studied
phenomenology - correct Answer-sociological theory that emphasizes the role of
sensory experiences in knowledge formation
postmodernism - correct Answer-sociological theory studying and understanding the
deviation from traditional social forces
critical race theory - correct Answer-sociological theory that studies the way that race is
related to social power
the Polish Peasant - correct Answer-a book written by William I. Thomas (Chicago
school sociologist) that focused on the immigration patterns of Polish immigrants to
America; influential in the use of primary sources for sociological research; showed how
institutions like the church made transitions easier
1915-1940 - correct Answer-most influential years of the Chicago school of sociology
Robert E. Park - correct Answer-one of the founding leaders of the Chicago school of
sociology
Alice Goffman - correct Answer-sociologist who wrote "On the Run," which studied the
social context of a neighborhood in Philadelphia; used methods that reflected the
Chicago school's legacy (observation, etc.)
