Exam 1: Seeing and Acting Through the Lens of Sociology

More women entered the workforce so children needed to stay at school for lunch. The text used this example to demonstrate which aspect of sociology?

Which theoretical framework deconstructs what is perceived as "knowledge" and asks questions of that knowledge?

George Herbert Mead and Herbert Blumer are credited with pioneering work for which sociological perspective?

A conscientious coffee consumer eager to thwart exploitation of plantation workers in underdeveloped countries buys nothing but fair-trade coffee. According to C. Wright Mills, what does this consumer possess?

Which theoretical framework examines how social order is maintained?

Explain what the sociological imagination is and then apply it to an examination of unemployment.

What is a set of propositions intended to explain a fact or a phenomenon?

According to the text, which theorizing explores the role that power plays in social processes, and emphasizes the importance of knowledge being tied to emancipation?

Carina read a book about the decline of patriarchy. She questioned the validity of some of the examples that were presented to demonstrate that women have equal opportunities when compared to men in North American society. What process did Carina use to come to her conclusion?

Describe the role of agency in society. Be sure to address its role at different levels and support your explanations by providing examples.

Which of the following people described the ability to perceive the interconnections between individual experiences and larger sociocultural forces as the "sociological imagination"?

Significant others play an important role in our socialization.

There is a small group of people in town who seem to have all the money and make all the rules. The rules they make (especially around employment) are intended to ensure they continue to have all the money. Which theoretical perspective would be most effective to analyze the activities in this town?

After graduating from high school, Claudia's friends tried to convince her to go to university with them. However, she decided to take a year off to travel through Africa. According to the text, what is Claudia's decision to delay her education an example of?

Irene has been convicted of several instances of petty theft. She is one of a group of women who works as a group that targeted crowds at large events. Irene and three others of the group agreed to participate in a study that would attempt to reveal to the women themselves, and by extension to others like them, sociological understanding as to why they continued to commit these crimes despite the high likelihood of further convictions. Which sociological approach grounds this type of study?

Dorothy Smith, a Canadian sociologist, contends that women's positions have been overlooked or ridiculed. She suggests that feminist theory and practice is predicated upon listening to women as they describe their life experiences. By what name is her feminist theory known?

The sociological imagination is primarily about how theorists think social forces will influence people's actions.

To complete his undergraduate degree, Paul had taken a variety of courses for his major and to fulfill his elective requirements. Over the course of his university experience, he had taken courses that facilitated the development of a valuable new practise of thinking that required effort to develop and nurture. By what name is this new form of thinking known?

Jim wanted to be a nurse because he had seen how his mother helped people through their illnesses. However, the dominant social norm of "female nurse; male doctor" was still strong in his community. Jim's decision to enter nursing school was based on what kind of influence?

Rachel is a tenured faculty member of the economics department at the local university. Anita is an associate professor in sociology, and Harley is tenured in the department of family medicine. As a research group, they have been awarded funds from a major national funding agency to study the accumulated long term sociocultural and sociomedical effects of low income on the health of immigrant groups in a midsized city in Western Canada. What is this is an example of?