SYG 2000 Module 1 Exam |81 Questions
and Answers Distinction Rated
SYG 2000 Module 1 Exam |81 Questions and Answers Distinction Rated
Examples of social institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-Family, legal system, Education
system
History of Soc: Theological stage - CORRECT ANSWER-The 1st of Comte's stages;
Society seemed to be the result of the divine will
History of Soc: Metaphysical stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Thinkers saw human kind's
behavior as governed by natural, biological instincts
History of Soc: Scientific stage - CORRECT ANSWER-We would develop a social
physics of sorts in order to identify the scientific laws that govern human behavior
Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWER-Best way to understand society is to determine
the logic/scientific laws governing human behavior
Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability to see the connections
between our personal experience and the larger forces of history, and understand the
personal troubles and social problems
Who came up with the Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Wright Mills
Social Institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of interdependent positions that,
together, perform a social role
Harriet Martineau - CORRECT ANSWER-Translated Comte's work; early feminist
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory of historical realism; Class conflict is primary
cause of social change
, Max Weber - CORRECT ANSWER-Emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of
interpretive sociology
Emile Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER-Founder of positivist sociology; theory that
division of labor helps determine social cohesion; contributed to concept of anomie
Georg Simmel - CORRECT ANSWER-Formal sociology of pure numbers
Where did American sociology begin - CORRECT ANSWER-Chicago School
Chicago School - CORRECT ANSWER-people's behaviors and personalities are
shaped by their social/physical surroundings
George Horton Cooley - CORRECT ANSWER-Looking Glass Self
Looking Glass Self - CORRECT ANSWER-We envision how others perceive us, and
then we gauge the responses of others to our presentation of self
George Herbert Mead - CORRECT ANSWER-Developed idea of self (I, Me, Other)
WEB DuBois - CORRECT ANSWER-Double Consciousness
Jane Adams - CORRECT ANSWER-applied social activism
Why is sociology a unique discipline? - CORRECT ANSWER-It focuses on comparisons
across cases to find patterns and create hypotheses about how societies work
Macro-sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-Whole societies or large portions of them
Micro-sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals
What is culture - CORRECT ANSWER-A set of beliefs, traditions, and practices
What is culture based off - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Natural environment
2) What is created/ modified by humans
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to fluidly switch between 2 sets of norms
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER-Belief that one's own culture is superior
Cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER-we should recognize the differences across
cultures WITHOUT PASSING JUDGEMENTS
Values - CORRECT ANSWER-Moral beliefs
Norms - CORRECT ANSWER-Ways in which values tell us to act
and Answers Distinction Rated
SYG 2000 Module 1 Exam |81 Questions and Answers Distinction Rated
Examples of social institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-Family, legal system, Education
system
History of Soc: Theological stage - CORRECT ANSWER-The 1st of Comte's stages;
Society seemed to be the result of the divine will
History of Soc: Metaphysical stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Thinkers saw human kind's
behavior as governed by natural, biological instincts
History of Soc: Scientific stage - CORRECT ANSWER-We would develop a social
physics of sorts in order to identify the scientific laws that govern human behavior
Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWER-Best way to understand society is to determine
the logic/scientific laws governing human behavior
Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability to see the connections
between our personal experience and the larger forces of history, and understand the
personal troubles and social problems
Who came up with the Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Wright Mills
Social Institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of interdependent positions that,
together, perform a social role
Harriet Martineau - CORRECT ANSWER-Translated Comte's work; early feminist
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory of historical realism; Class conflict is primary
cause of social change
, Max Weber - CORRECT ANSWER-Emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of
interpretive sociology
Emile Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER-Founder of positivist sociology; theory that
division of labor helps determine social cohesion; contributed to concept of anomie
Georg Simmel - CORRECT ANSWER-Formal sociology of pure numbers
Where did American sociology begin - CORRECT ANSWER-Chicago School
Chicago School - CORRECT ANSWER-people's behaviors and personalities are
shaped by their social/physical surroundings
George Horton Cooley - CORRECT ANSWER-Looking Glass Self
Looking Glass Self - CORRECT ANSWER-We envision how others perceive us, and
then we gauge the responses of others to our presentation of self
George Herbert Mead - CORRECT ANSWER-Developed idea of self (I, Me, Other)
WEB DuBois - CORRECT ANSWER-Double Consciousness
Jane Adams - CORRECT ANSWER-applied social activism
Why is sociology a unique discipline? - CORRECT ANSWER-It focuses on comparisons
across cases to find patterns and create hypotheses about how societies work
Macro-sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-Whole societies or large portions of them
Micro-sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals
What is culture - CORRECT ANSWER-A set of beliefs, traditions, and practices
What is culture based off - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Natural environment
2) What is created/ modified by humans
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to fluidly switch between 2 sets of norms
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER-Belief that one's own culture is superior
Cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER-we should recognize the differences across
cultures WITHOUT PASSING JUDGEMENTS
Values - CORRECT ANSWER-Moral beliefs
Norms - CORRECT ANSWER-Ways in which values tell us to act
