C. Wright Mills described a process by which biography (individual lives) and history (larger social forces) are related.

A sociologist’s responsibility is to question everything the everyday person would take for granted.

The writings of Émile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber were deeply influenced by their life experiences.

What practice did Bernard McGrane suggest that individuals adopt to better understand the world around them?

A researcher spends years conducting fieldwork with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea and has a difficult time reacclimating to Western society when he returns to it. He uses the experience of returning home to view his own society from an outsider’s perspective and learn something new about it. Which sociological concept best exemplifies the experience of this researcher?

According to C. Wright Mills, what is one quality of mind that all great sociologists possess?

Macrosociology is an approach that

The phrase “the survival of the fittest” is credited to whom?

Which social theorist sought to bring the scientific method to the discipline of sociology?

In using the scientific method for sociological research, what step should be taken after formulating a general research question?

Sociologists try to follow the steps of the scientific method or approach to gather new empirical data that can change and deepen our understanding of human social life.

A famous social scientist tells you that the most important task in her research was entering the social world of the people she was studying. What can you say about this researcher?

You want to conduct some sociological research on whether people on social networking sites are less likely to meet in person as a result of their online community participation. What is the next step in the scientific method?

Jared is conducting a sociological research study on the underground music scene. He has just finished collecting data for the study. What is the next step Jared should take in the scientific method?

A graduate student is almost done with his dissertation when he is informed that twenty years ago someone did a similar project and already demonstrated what he had hoped to be the first to discover. What basic step of the scientific method should have saved him from this problem?

________ is the research method that might involve shifting between participating in a social situation and being an observer.

Researchers should avoid using double-barreled questions when designing a survey. What are double-barreled questions?

What kind of question usually produces a wide variety of responses by allowing respondents to answer in whatever way seems appropriate to them?

What are researchers doing when they use a social networking site like Facebook to obtain data?

The definition of “culture”

What is it called when an individual uses their group’s way of doing things as the standard for judging others?

How is culture transmitted and internalized?

A married man in the United States with several mistresses is violating a ________, but he is violating a ________ if he is married to more than one woman at the same time.

________ is taboo in American society.

Norms are enforced in everyday settings by

________ are informal rules and guidelines for behavior that are considered acceptable within a group.

A ________ is a kind of norm so deeply ingrained in that the very thought of violating it evokes feelings of disgust or horror.

Which term describes a policy of honoring diverse racial, ethnic, national, and linguistic backgrounds?

When the dominant culture persuades the rest of society that its ideas are the only or best ideas without the use of force, it has achieved

According to sociologists, our genetic makeup determines what kind of personality and character traits we develop in life.

Both sides are partially right in the nature vs. nurture debate.

Our sense of self is largely created through social processes.

Children are taking on the role of the generalized other when they pretend to be a firefighter, mother, or doctor.

Sigmund Freud, Charles Cooley, and George Herbert Mead all contributed to the study of the self.

Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

As children get older, which agent of socialization tends to replace parents as their most intense and immediate influence?

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?

Which of the following is an example of the hidden curriculum?

The term “master status” is defined as a

How should all left-handed people in the United States be classified?

There is a social tie between my best friend’s uncle and me even though I’ve never met him.

We feel loyalty toward members of in-groups and hostility toward out-group members.

An individual belongs to a ________ if the members are mostly anonymous to one another.

A ________ consists of group members who share information and advice, provide support to one another, and have common interests, but never meet in person.

A behavior, trait, or belief is considered deviant if it

Sociologists argue that no behavior, not even one designed to kill a great number of people, is inherently deviant.

Stereotype threat leads to positive performance outcomes, while stereotype promise is a result of the fear of performing poorly.

Robert Merton’s typology of deviance outlines the strain that people experience as they attempt to access cultural goals through legitimate, institutionalized means. In which of the following categories would gangsters and con artists be found?

________ argues that punishments for rule violators are unequally distributed, with those near the top of society subject to more lenient rules and sanctions than those at the bottom.

There have been many societies throughout history with no social stratification.

What term describes the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy?

Apartheid is a specific example of what system of social stratification?

“White collar” workers employed in technical and lower-management positions belong to the

Which social class category is comprised of people who live in poverty conditions and typically earn $15,000 or less per year?

There is greater genetic diversity within racial populations than between them.

A person who is not prejudiced may still participate in discrimination.

Race is defined by sociologists

________ is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another.

________ is an action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of an individual because of their membership in a racial or ethnic group.

An example of a primary sex characteristic is

An example of a secondary sex characteristic is

A person’s self-conception of being male or female based on their association with masculine or feminine gender roles can be defined as

An individual’s sex refers to the physical, behavioral, and personality characteristics considered normal, while their gender relates to membership in a distinct, biological category.

Sexuality relates to sexual behavior, desires, and fantasies as well as sexual orientation or identity.

Capitalism and socialism are two examples of political systems throughout the world.

What do workers have available to sell in a capitalist system?

The ________ helped to bring about the Industrial Revolution.

The Industrial Revolution began in the

Someone who works primarily with information and develops or uses knowledge in the workplace is called a(n) ________ worker.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines “family” as

________ is the theoretical perspective that would lead you to consider the broader social effects of the division of labor between men and women in the household.

A symbolic interactionist studying the family would be MOST interested in

________ is what sociologists call marriage to someone within one’s social group.

________ is what sociologists call marriage to someone from a different social group.

The terms “recreation” and “leisure” are both defined by how they differ from

Leisure and recreation are synonymous so they can be used interchangeably.

Many forms of leisure and recreation have shifted from spontaneous or informal activities to formal and organized ones.

Historically, ________ had the time and resources necessary to pursue recreational activities.

The wireless carrier Verizon bought the Internet provider Yahoo. What term best describes the combination of these two companies?

Good health is

Acute diseases have a sudden onset, whereas chronic diseases develop over a period of time.

A pandemic occurs when the number of cases of a disease is much higher than expected, while an epidemic has occurred if a disease has spread across large geographical regions such as national borders.

Health and illness are impacted by social class, race, and gender inequality.

The sick role, which consists of the actions and attitudes expected of ill individuals, is most associated with structural functionalist Robert Merton.

What is the transformation of a culture over time called?

Not all social movements challenge the norms or values of the dominant culture.

Fast fashion has been created out of consumers’ desire to have the “same look” as soon as it becomes popular.

Regressive movements that resist social changes and attempt to have things stay the same or move backward are always motivated by prejudice or hatred of diversity.

In 2013, YouTube user “DizastaMusic” uploaded a video featuring a segment called the “Harlem Shake.” Almost instantly, people started replicating the dance moves seen in the video and uploading their own versions of the segment to YouTube. Of what is this an example?