SOC 101

The word(s) that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was - correct answers verstehen The division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities is referred to as - correct answers double consciousness Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on people's attitudes and behavior and the ways in which people shape society? - cor...

A student cheats on their exam because they did not have time to study because they were working two different jobs during the semester to try and pay for the class. strain theory Sociology Systematic and scientific study of human social behavior (including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions). Sociology particularly places special emphasis on studying societies, both as individual entities and as elements of a global perspective. If someone is arrested f...

Resocialization - correct answers the process by which one's sense of social values, beliefs, and norms are reengineered, often deliberately through an intense social process that may take place in a total institution. Socialization - correct answers the process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as members of that society. Self - correct answers the individual identity of a person as perceived by that same person. I...

Deviance - correct answers Violation of norms Crime - correct answers Violation of the law Misconceptions about deviance: Some acts are inherently deviant - correct answers 1. No, they're related to time, place, context, and the status of the individual 2. Those in power have the advantage of defining what is deviant to suit themselves and often set the punishments for deviant behaviors Misconceptions about deviance: Those who deviate are socially identified and recognized - correct a...

C. Wright Mills - correct answers defined sociology as the intersection of society and how we see ourselves. He urged social reform and feared that powerful businesses would infringe on peoples' freedom. Sociology - correct answers the systematic study of human society What spurred the creation of Sociology? - correct answers Social upheaval in England, imperealism in France, and the emergence of the scientific method. Also, the industrial revolution. Auguste Comte - correct answers Co...

Sociology - correct answers Scientific study of human behavior. -implies that social behaviro is regular and patterend -takes place between individuals, small groups, large organizations, and societies. conventional wisdom - correct answers -subjective -ignores facts -varies across groups and cultures -based on myths and misconceptions -also called common sense Sociologial Imagination - correct answers Ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger soci...

structural functionalism - correct answers society is made up of interdependent structures, each of which performs certain fiction for the maintenance of society social system - correct answers set of interrelated social statuses and explanations that accompany them conflict theory - correct answers conflict is a permanent feature of social life and is a key source of change symbolic interactionism - correct answers human beings act toward things based on the meanings they attach to hem...

sociology - correct answers the systematic study of the relationship between individuals and society sociological perspective - correct answers a view of the social world that focuses on discovering and understanding the connections between individuals and the broader social context in which they live science - correct answers a method of inquiry that uses logic and the systematic collection of evidence to support knowledge claims industrialization - correct answers the use of large-sca...

Which of the following best describes how deviance is defined? a. Deviance is defined by federal, state, and local laws. b. Deviance's definition is determined by one's religion. c. Deviance occurs whenever someone else is harmed by an action. d. Deviance is socially defined. - correct answers d. Deviance is socially defined. During the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and other black protestors spoke out against segregation by refusing to sit at the back of the bus. This is an example...

The term "collective learning" describes ____. (A) the ability of a species to accumulate information across generations (B) the ability of a species to teach their young important skills (C) the ability of a species of use abstract reasoning (D) the ability of a species to work together to accomplish tasks as as group A Which of the following are likely reasons why humans developed collective learning, but others animals do not? (A) The need to process 3D visual information (B) Th...