LSU SOCL 2001 EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1 &
2) ANSWERED CORRECTLY!!
Sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - The study of human society
- Assumes that human actions are *patterned* and can be explained partly by social
forces
Sociological Imagination CORRECT ANSWERS - Coined by *C. Wright Mills*
- The ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to
seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces
Social institution CORRECT ANSWERS - A complex group of *interdependent*
positions that, together, preform a social role and reproduce themselves over time
- Networks or structures in society that work to socialize the groups of people within
them
Social identity CORRECT ANSWERS - 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)
Auguste Comte CORRECT ANSWERS - Recognized as the *father of sociology*
- Believed that society could be studied *scientifically*, called *social physics* or
*positivism*
- Famous works: *Positive Philosophy*
Positivist sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - A strain within sociology that believes the
social world can be described and predicted by certain observable relationships
Harriet Martineau CORRECT ANSWERS - One of the *earliest feminist social
scientists*
- Translated Comte's work to English
- Took on the *institution of marriage*, claiming that is was based on the assumption of
inferiority of women
- Famous works: *How to Observe Morals and Manners, Theory and Practice of Society
in America*
Karl Marx CORRECT ANSWERS - Theory of *historical materialism*, which identifies
class conflict as the primary cause of social change
- "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"
- Alternative to capitalism
- Famous works: *The Communist Manifesto, Capital*
Max Weber CORRECT ANSWERS - Emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of
interpretive sociology
, - Humans act on the basis of their own understanding of the situation
- Developed *verstehen*
- Famous works: *Economy and Society*
Verstehen CORRECT ANSWERS - Understanding the social behavior by putting
oneself in the place of others
Emile Durkheim CORRECT ANSWERS - Positivist sociology
- Developed theory that division of labor helps to determine how social cohesion is
maintained, or not maintained, in that society
- Coined term *anomie*
- Famous works: *The Division of Labor in Society, The Elementary forms of Religious
Life, Suicide*
Anomie CORRECT ANSWERS - A sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when
we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable, normlessness
Georg Simmel CORRECT ANSWERS - *Formal sociology*, or a sociology of pure
numbers
- Small group interactions, network theory
- Famous works: *The Philosophy of Money, The Stranger, On Secrecy*
American sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - Became prominent at University of
Chicago
- Perspective that emerged became known as the *"Chicago School"*
Chicago School CORRECT ANSWERS - Focused on the *empirical research*, with the
belief that people's behaviors and personalities are shaped by their *social* and
*physical* environments
Chicago thinkers CORRECT ANSWERS - Charles Horton Cooley
- George Hebert Mead
- W.I. Thomas
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Jane Addams
W.E.B. DuBois CORRECT ANSWERS - First African American man to get a PhD from
Harvard
- First African American sociologist
- Coined term *double consciousness*
Double consciousness CORRECT ANSWERS - Refers to an individual's constant
awareness of how others perceive them and how those perceptions alter their own
behavior
2) ANSWERED CORRECTLY!!
Sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - The study of human society
- Assumes that human actions are *patterned* and can be explained partly by social
forces
Sociological Imagination CORRECT ANSWERS - Coined by *C. Wright Mills*
- The ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to
seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces
Social institution CORRECT ANSWERS - A complex group of *interdependent*
positions that, together, preform a social role and reproduce themselves over time
- Networks or structures in society that work to socialize the groups of people within
them
Social identity CORRECT ANSWERS - 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)
Auguste Comte CORRECT ANSWERS - Recognized as the *father of sociology*
- Believed that society could be studied *scientifically*, called *social physics* or
*positivism*
- Famous works: *Positive Philosophy*
Positivist sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - A strain within sociology that believes the
social world can be described and predicted by certain observable relationships
Harriet Martineau CORRECT ANSWERS - One of the *earliest feminist social
scientists*
- Translated Comte's work to English
- Took on the *institution of marriage*, claiming that is was based on the assumption of
inferiority of women
- Famous works: *How to Observe Morals and Manners, Theory and Practice of Society
in America*
Karl Marx CORRECT ANSWERS - Theory of *historical materialism*, which identifies
class conflict as the primary cause of social change
- "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"
- Alternative to capitalism
- Famous works: *The Communist Manifesto, Capital*
Max Weber CORRECT ANSWERS - Emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of
interpretive sociology
, - Humans act on the basis of their own understanding of the situation
- Developed *verstehen*
- Famous works: *Economy and Society*
Verstehen CORRECT ANSWERS - Understanding the social behavior by putting
oneself in the place of others
Emile Durkheim CORRECT ANSWERS - Positivist sociology
- Developed theory that division of labor helps to determine how social cohesion is
maintained, or not maintained, in that society
- Coined term *anomie*
- Famous works: *The Division of Labor in Society, The Elementary forms of Religious
Life, Suicide*
Anomie CORRECT ANSWERS - A sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when
we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable, normlessness
Georg Simmel CORRECT ANSWERS - *Formal sociology*, or a sociology of pure
numbers
- Small group interactions, network theory
- Famous works: *The Philosophy of Money, The Stranger, On Secrecy*
American sociology CORRECT ANSWERS - Became prominent at University of
Chicago
- Perspective that emerged became known as the *"Chicago School"*
Chicago School CORRECT ANSWERS - Focused on the *empirical research*, with the
belief that people's behaviors and personalities are shaped by their *social* and
*physical* environments
Chicago thinkers CORRECT ANSWERS - Charles Horton Cooley
- George Hebert Mead
- W.I. Thomas
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Jane Addams
W.E.B. DuBois CORRECT ANSWERS - First African American man to get a PhD from
Harvard
- First African American sociologist
- Coined term *double consciousness*
Double consciousness CORRECT ANSWERS - Refers to an individual's constant
awareness of how others perceive them and how those perceptions alter their own
behavior
