Intro to Sociology

True or False: Society totally determines our beliefs, behavior, and life chances.

• True

• False

True or False: Men are more likely to commit suicide then women, because of their use of firearms.

• True

• False

True or False: Suicide rates are higher west of the Mississippi River because of weaker social ties and less religion.

• True

• False

True or False: Generation Z often face more mental health issues than previous generations because of how expensive college and adulthood is.

• True

• False

True or False: Emile Durkheim is considered the founder of modern-day Sociology

• True

• False

1.       The early Chicago sociologists aimed to use their research to achieve social reform and to reduce________​​and its related effects.

• poverty

• homelessness

• racism

1.       __________is the first African-American to graduate from Harvard University with a Ph.D. an studied race and racial relations.

• Booker T Washington

• WEB Du Bois

• Durkheim

1.       ________________________________ is a general view of human behavior that says people act to maximize their pleasure and to reduce their pain.

• Conflict Theory

• Functionalism

• Utilitarianism

• Symbolic Interactionism

1.       Marx and Engels deplored the conditions they felt were responsible for the mass violence and the capitalist society and created the ___________ theory/perspective.

• Conflict

• Functionalism

• Utilitarianism

• Symbolic Interactionism

1.       ____________ is a micro approach/theory that focuses on the interaction of individuals and on how they interpret their interaction.

• Conflict

• Functionalism

• Utilitarianism

• Symbolic Interactionism