Sociology Exam Review Part 1

Sociology is the systematic study of

• intuition and commonsense knowledge

• human society and social interaction

• the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in society

• personality and human development

A large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

• culture

• mores

• society

• values

Twenty-year-old Mia grew up in a low-income neighborhood. She drinks excessively and is addicted to drugs. The ability to understand that the cause for her behavior may be related to the kind of social environment she was exposed to as a child best illustrates the concept of __________.

• differential association

• the sociological imagination

• social assimilation

• a hybrid identity

The early thinker who coined the term sociology and whose philosophy became known as positivism is

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

The theory that history is a continuous clash between conflicting ideas and forces was developed by

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Emile Durkheim

Wilson was in his 50s during the late 1800s. He owned large portions of land and controlled large production facilities in which many people were employed. In the context of the Marxian framework, to which social class did Wilson most likely belong?

• Proletariat

• the blue-collar class

• Bourgeoisie

• the plebian class

The idea that research should be conducted in a scientific manner and would exclude the researcher's personal values and economic interests was emphasized by

• Jane Addams

• Karl Marx

• George Simmel

• Max Weber

Each theory helps interpret reality in a distinct way by providing a framework in which observations may be logically ordered. Sociologists refer to this theoretical framework as a __________, which is an overall approach to or viewpoint on some subject.

• heuristic

• perspective, or paradigm

• hypothesis

• prototype

____________ perspectives are based on the assumption that society is a stable, orderly system that consists of interrelated parts that serve functions needed by the system.

• Functionalist

• Interactionist

• Conflict

• Feminist

Many young people "hang out," meet friends, and eat lunch at the food courts of shopping malls. From a functionalist perspective, this is an example of a __________ of shopping.

• nonlinear function

• latent function

• prerequisite function

• manifest function