Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective

Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of suicide within different European nations.

Sociologist Lewis Coser pointed out that conflict is most likely to develop among people who are in close relationships.

More than twenty years prior to the birth of Durkheim and Weber, Society in America, an analysis of American social customs, was published by sociologist ________.

Briefly describe the four factors that contributed to the emergence of sociology as a discipline in the 19th century.

What are the similarities and differences between macro-level analysis and micro-level analysis?

The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as ________.

Sue is an expert in interpreting gestures, silence, the use of space, and expressions people make in their daily interactions. In view of this, how would Sue's expertise be defined?

Karl Marx thought of himself as a classical sociologist, a label that greatly influenced his theories on class conflict.

The corners of life that people occupy such as jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race are referred to as the social imperative.

Sociology first took root as an academic discipline at _______ in 1890.

What is the primary difference between the social and natural sciences?

How did prejudice and discrimination affect the development of sociology in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Which groups of social theorists would focus most on macro-level analysis when examining patterns of society?

Cindy is interested in how the movement of Maytag production plants and other industries from the Midwest to Mexico has changed the lives of thousands of unemployed workers and their communities. Cindy is conducting a ________ analysis.

Which of the following elements did C. Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologists would use to explain individual behavior?

Define the sociological perspective (or imagination), cite its components, and explain how they were defined by C. Wright Mills.

The theorist who is sometimes referred to as "the second founder of sociology" was ________.

Based on the work of Karl Marx, what are the two classes in society? Define each.

The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University, who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP, was ________.

Name the first three American universities to develop a sociology curriculum in the late 19th century.