SOC 100, Unit 1: The Sociological Imagination, All Of The Questions & Answers To Quiz #2 (Blackboard)

SOC 100, Unit 1: The Sociological Imagination, All Of The Questions & Answers To Quiz #2 (Blackboard) Q1: As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following "enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society? - answer-A: Sociological Imagination Q2: Which one is Karl Marx's contribution to sociology? - answer-A: He proposed to understand societies from the lens of class conflicts. Q3: Which of the 3 historical epistemological stages of human society did Comte claim was characterized by the development of social physics to explain human behavior? - answer-A: The scientific stage Q4: To Marx, conflict between a small number of capitalist and a large number of workers would divide society. He referred to this large number of workers: - answer-A: Proletariat Q5: Who criticized Marx for focusing exclusively on economics and social class as explanations for human behavior, and advocated sociological analyses that allowed for multiple influences? - answer-A: Max Weber Q6: Which of the following is defined as a complex group of interdependent positions that together perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time? - answer-A: A Social Institution Q7: To truly understand why people act the way they do, we must understand the "meanings" they attach their behaviors. Max Weber called this: - answer-A: Verstehen Q8: According To "Suicide", one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of normlessness that results from drastic changes in society. This normlessness was called: - answer-A: Anomie Q9: Which is the following modern sociological theories states that the best way to analyze society is to identify the purpose that different aspects or phenomena play in the overall structure of society? - answer-A: Functionalism Q10: A white person goes into an upscale shop to look at clothes. (S)he is excited to see there is a sale and gathers a huge pile of clothes to take into the dressing room. An African American goes into the store and is excited about the sale, but hesitates to take many clothes into the dressing room, afraid that staff will think he or she might be shoplift. W.E.B. DuBois would say that the African American has: - answer-A: Double Consciousness Q11: In contrast to Functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from Marx's belief that competition, not consensus, is essential cause of social change? - answer-A: Conflict Theory Q12: Which modern sociological theory explains social behavior by examining the meanings that social signals and signs represents to individuals? - answer-A: Symbolic-interactionism Q13: In the early phase of development of sociology in the United States, there was a gender division and applied social work was associated with female and not valued by male scholars. - answer-A: True, Jane Addams founded the first settlement house but her contribution was overlooked. Q14: Sociology is the study of: - answer-A: Group-level dynamics and social structures.