Exam 6: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

W. E. B. DuBois' concept of ______ captures how African Americans develop a dual sense of self in seeing themselves through both white eyes, and their own black eyes.

A conservative political and cultural climate in the 1920s stalled most progressive social efforts and social movements, including feminism and feminist theory.

Which of the following WAS NOT a hallmark of early feminist theory?

Of all the women in early American sociology, Charlotte Perkins Gilman provided the most comprehensive theories of gender inequality.

What does the agency-structure integration movement in sociological theory hope to link together?

Because they were committed to the Marxist tradition, the founding scholars of the Institute of Social Research (also known as "The Frankfurt School") rejected the work of both Max Weber and Sigmund Freud.

Compare and contrast the sociological theories developed in the United States during the 20th century with the sociological work of scholars in Europe.

More so than other members of the Chicago School, ______ believed that sociology should emphasize research on data collected from a variety of sources.

Which theoretical area focuses on the economic, political, and cultural transformation happening across and between different societies?

Talcott Parsons became the dominant sociological figure in the United States by developing theories outside the European tradition.

Which of these theorists argued society continues to devolve and become increasingly unproductive as more and more people waste their time and money in the pursuit of leisure?

Which theoretical area focuses on how modern knowledge, machinery, tools, etc. are more generally transforming both daily life and society?

More so than other members of the Chicago School, ______ emphasized race relations in his research conducted via personal observations.

Because of the rampant sexism present during the early twentieth century, women were completely excluded from sociology and were not even able to work as a marginalized group of gender scholars.

Conflict theory was developed out of a critique of structural functionalism.

Throughout the twentieth century, the rise and fall of structural functionalism as a dominant theoretical paradigm mirrors the rise and fall of the United States as the dominant power on the globe.

Both Talcott Parsons and George Homans thought theory should be constructed inductively, or from the ground up.

In developing their critical theory, the founding scholars of The Institute of Social Research or "The Frankfurt School" ______.

According to Alfred Shultz, where do we spend everyday life?

More so than other members of the Chicago School, ______ incorporated psychological behaviorism that challenged classic European sociological theories.