SYG2000 UCF Test 1 EXAM 45 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A

SYG2000 UCF Test 1 EXAM 45 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A Sociology is - ANSWER- the scientific study of society and social behavior The sociological imagination gives us a way to look at the world beyond our own personal experience - ANSWER- true Ashley just got her driver's license permit. Today is the first day she has ever driven a car. Without questioning why, Ashley begins driving on the right side of the road. In sociological terms, Ashley can best be described as a/an - ANSWER- everyday actor Macrosociological theory is the study of grand social behavior such as social order, social change, and social inequality. - ANSWER- true Thomas has a degree in engineering, just as his father and grandfather do. His grandfather was able to get a job straight out of college and stay with the same company until he retired. But after trying for over a year, Thomas was only able to find contracted, hourly engineering work. He has decided to pursue a graduate degree with the hopes of finding full-time employment when he graduates. Using a sociological imagination, how might we better understand this change? - ANSWER- Thomas is part of a different economy and workforce than his grandfather so his experiences are different. Structural Functionalist theorists are primarily concerned with social processes at which of the follow levels of analysis? - ANSWER- macro Dramaturgy, a term describing the strategic presentation of ourselves to others, is related to which school of thought? - ANSWER- symbolic interactionism Abstract propositions that both explain the social world and make predictions about future events are known as - ANSWER- theories What are paradigms? - ANSWER- broad theoretical perspectives Marx believed that there was a class struggle between - ANSWER- people who owned the means of production versus people who worked for a wage. Which of these sociological paradigms has proved to be the most influential of the twentieth century? - ANSWER- symbolic interactionism