Sociological imagination & Perspectives

Social structure and social interaction, and the factors making for change in each refers to _____________.

• Sociological imagination

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Karl Marx

________________ coined the Sociological imagination perspective.

• Auguste Comte

• Herbert Spencer

• C. Wright Mills

• Karl Marx

Tracing the interconnection between an individual's behavioral patterns, identifying generated behavior of human beings and identifying forces that shape human behavior are the elements of ____________

• Sociological imagination

• Stereotypes

• Prejudices

• All of the above

Controversies that arises from one's race, gender or sexual orientation are known as _________________.

• Stereotypes

• Prejudices

• Gender profiling

• All of the above

Karl Marx posited that society's exploitation of the poor was done by the rich and powerful.

• True

• False

----------------- compared society to a living organism with interdependent parts.

• C.Wright Mills

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• None of the above

_______________ explains the individual in a society and

their interactions with others.

• Conflict theory

• Symbolic interactionism

• Functionalism

• All of the above

An empirical method of acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science is known as -------------------------.

• Scientific method

• Altuistic suicide

• Functionalism

• Symbolic interactionist theory

_______________ is a creative way to examine relationships between individuals and society.

• Sociological imagination

• Private issues

• Public issues

• None of the above

Poverty and Homelessness are examples of ______________.

• Personal troubles

• Public issues

• Personal and public issues

• None of the above