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Sociology CORRECT ANSWERS scientific study of human social relationships, groups,
and societies.
Principle of social embeddedness CORRECT ANSWERS Idea that economic, political
and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relations
Types of Social Interactions CORRECT ANSWERS -Interaction between individuals
-Interactions between groups
-Interaction between nations
Problems with Common Sense CORRECT ANSWERS -Often distorts reality
-Often contradictory
-Perceptions change over time
-Based on myths and misconceptions
Social Imagination CORRECT ANSWERS The ability to grasp the relationship between
individual lives and the larger social forces that shapes them
-Relationship between personal troubles and public issues (unhappy couple -> national
divorce trends)
Agency CORRECT ANSWERS ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and
to make social change whether on a small or large scale
Structure CORRECT ANSWERS patterned social arrangements that have an effect on
agency
Critical Thinking CORRECT ANSWERS The ability to evaluate claims about the truth by
using reason and evidence
Sociological Thinking is rooted in four interrelated historical developments CORRECT
ANSWERS -Scientific revolution: belief in science and reason
-The Enlightenment: equality, liberty, and fundamental human rights
-The Industrial Revolution: shift from agriculture to manufacturing
-Urbanization: mass migration from rural farms to urban factories
Auguste Comte CORRECT ANSWERS Father of Sociology
-Argued for the empirical study of society
-Analyzed social statics and dynamics
Positivism CORRECT ANSWERS A belief that accurate knowledge must be based on
the scientific method
, Harriet Martineau CORRECT ANSWERS -Earliest observers of American culture
-Used social observation to record and analyze the American social structure
-Focused on gender discrimination & slavery
Max Weber CORRECT ANSWERS -Argued importance of ideas, ideologies and
charismatic leaders
-Argued for verstehen (subjective understanding)
-Argued for value-free sociology
Rationalization of society CORRECT ANSWERS the long term historical process by
which rationality replaced tradition as the basis for organizing social and economic life
Karl Marx CORRECT ANSWERS -Analyzed Industrial Revolution
-Studied capitalism, class conflict, and alienation
-Predicted that conflict would result from widespread economic inequality
Emile Durkheim
-Collective conscience
-Anomie
-Mechanical solidarity
-Organic solidarity CORRECT ANSWERS Analyzed social order, social solidarity,
division of labor, and social integration
-Function of deviance to define normal (Functionalist)
-Collective conscience: shared values of society
-Anomie: normlessness
-Mechanical solidarity: traditional, bonds based on similarity
-Organic solidarity: modern industrial, bonds based on specialization and
interdependence
W.E.B. DuBois
-Double consciousness CORRECT ANSWERS -1st to use community studies as the
basis for sociological work
-Brilliant, lasting analysis of the significance of race in U.S.
-African Americans experience double consciousness (awareness as Americans;
Blacks)
Jane Addams CORRECT ANSWERS Social reformer
-Addressed social problems which enabled her to contribute to social reform while
developing and testing theories
-Encouraged attention to social complexities (gender, race, class and power)
Sociological Theory
-Macro-level
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