LSU Sociology 2001, Chauvin, Midterm
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The study of human society as a whole CORRECT ANSWERS Sociology
Who coined the term "sociological imagination?" CORRECT ANSWERS C. Wright Mills
Finish the phrase: "A successful sociologist will ____________" CORRECT ANSWERS
Make the familiar strange
Humans are constantly changing and evolving, being shaped by experiences around us
and by historical forces such as culture. This is an example of the _____________
CORRECT ANSWERS Sociological Imagination
Networks / structures in a society to socialize groups of people in them CORRECT
ANSWERS Social institutions
Name three examples of a social institution CORRECT ANSWERS Legal system,
education system, family, military, labor market, etc.
This sociologist believed that society was better understood by determining the logic or
scientific laws governing human behavior, which is known as social physics or
positivism CORRECT ANSWERS Augustus Comte
The way individuals define themselves in relationship to groups they are a part of (or in
relationship to groups they choose not to be a part of) CORRECT ANSWERS Social
identity
Name an example of social identity CORRECT ANSWERS Married or divorced women
can change their last names, because it creates a new "identity" for them
Who developed the theory of positivism? CORRECT ANSWERS Augustus Comte
This sociologist was the first to translate Comte's written works to English and she was
one of the earliest feminist social scientists CORRECT ANSWERS Harriet Martineau
Who were the 3 founding fathers of sociology? CORRECT ANSWERS Karl Marx, Emile
Durkheim, and Max Weber
This sociological founding father believed in the theory of historical materialism, which
identifies class conflict as the primary cause of social change and his writings provided
the theoretical foundation of Communism CORRECT ANSWERS Karl Marx
, This founding father coined the term Verstehen, which means understanding
CORRECT ANSWERS Max Weber
This founding father was the founder of positivist sociology and he developed the theory
of the division of labor that helps to determine how social cohesion is maintained, or not
maintained, in that society CORRECT ANSWERS Emile Durkheim
At what school was sociology prominent? CORRECT ANSWERS University of Chicago
What did the University of Chicago focus on? CORRECT ANSWERS Social ecology
The belief that people's behaviors and personalities are shaped by their social and
physical environments is known as CORRECT ANSWERS Social ecology
The theory that all the parts of a society have to function together in order to work
properly CORRECT ANSWERS Functionalism
The theory that social change is occurring because of a conflict and that conflict
promotes change CORRECT ANSWERS Conflict theory
The theory that focuses on empowering women CORRECT ANSWERS Feminist theory
The theory that attempts to understand social behavior by examining the way people
interact with one another CORRECT ANSWERS Symbolic interactionism
The theory that different cultures may see similar things very differently and that
everything is socially constructed CORRECT ANSWERS Post Modernism
What focuses on making comparisons across cases to find patterns and create
hypotheses about how societies work now or how they worked in the past and how
individuals interact with one another? CORRECT ANSWERS Sociology
What branch of sociology tends to focus more on particular circumstances? CORRECT
ANSWERS History and anthropology
What branch of sociology tends to examine things on a more micro level than sociology
does, and economics is an entirely quantitative discipline? CORRECT ANSWERS
Psychology and biology
What branch of sociology tends to focus more on one aspect of social relations...
power? CORRECT ANSWERS Political science
Understands local interactional contexts, focusing on face-to-face encounters and
gathering data through participant observations and in-depth interviews (focuses on
certain group of people / smaller scale) CORRECT ANSWERS Microsociology
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The study of human society as a whole CORRECT ANSWERS Sociology
Who coined the term "sociological imagination?" CORRECT ANSWERS C. Wright Mills
Finish the phrase: "A successful sociologist will ____________" CORRECT ANSWERS
Make the familiar strange
Humans are constantly changing and evolving, being shaped by experiences around us
and by historical forces such as culture. This is an example of the _____________
CORRECT ANSWERS Sociological Imagination
Networks / structures in a society to socialize groups of people in them CORRECT
ANSWERS Social institutions
Name three examples of a social institution CORRECT ANSWERS Legal system,
education system, family, military, labor market, etc.
This sociologist believed that society was better understood by determining the logic or
scientific laws governing human behavior, which is known as social physics or
positivism CORRECT ANSWERS Augustus Comte
The way individuals define themselves in relationship to groups they are a part of (or in
relationship to groups they choose not to be a part of) CORRECT ANSWERS Social
identity
Name an example of social identity CORRECT ANSWERS Married or divorced women
can change their last names, because it creates a new "identity" for them
Who developed the theory of positivism? CORRECT ANSWERS Augustus Comte
This sociologist was the first to translate Comte's written works to English and she was
one of the earliest feminist social scientists CORRECT ANSWERS Harriet Martineau
Who were the 3 founding fathers of sociology? CORRECT ANSWERS Karl Marx, Emile
Durkheim, and Max Weber
This sociological founding father believed in the theory of historical materialism, which
identifies class conflict as the primary cause of social change and his writings provided
the theoretical foundation of Communism CORRECT ANSWERS Karl Marx
, This founding father coined the term Verstehen, which means understanding
CORRECT ANSWERS Max Weber
This founding father was the founder of positivist sociology and he developed the theory
of the division of labor that helps to determine how social cohesion is maintained, or not
maintained, in that society CORRECT ANSWERS Emile Durkheim
At what school was sociology prominent? CORRECT ANSWERS University of Chicago
What did the University of Chicago focus on? CORRECT ANSWERS Social ecology
The belief that people's behaviors and personalities are shaped by their social and
physical environments is known as CORRECT ANSWERS Social ecology
The theory that all the parts of a society have to function together in order to work
properly CORRECT ANSWERS Functionalism
The theory that social change is occurring because of a conflict and that conflict
promotes change CORRECT ANSWERS Conflict theory
The theory that focuses on empowering women CORRECT ANSWERS Feminist theory
The theory that attempts to understand social behavior by examining the way people
interact with one another CORRECT ANSWERS Symbolic interactionism
The theory that different cultures may see similar things very differently and that
everything is socially constructed CORRECT ANSWERS Post Modernism
What focuses on making comparisons across cases to find patterns and create
hypotheses about how societies work now or how they worked in the past and how
individuals interact with one another? CORRECT ANSWERS Sociology
What branch of sociology tends to focus more on particular circumstances? CORRECT
ANSWERS History and anthropology
What branch of sociology tends to examine things on a more micro level than sociology
does, and economics is an entirely quantitative discipline? CORRECT ANSWERS
Psychology and biology
What branch of sociology tends to focus more on one aspect of social relations...
power? CORRECT ANSWERS Political science
Understands local interactional contexts, focusing on face-to-face encounters and
gathering data through participant observations and in-depth interviews (focuses on
certain group of people / smaller scale) CORRECT ANSWERS Microsociology
