Exam 1: Seeing and Acting Through the Lens of Sociology

What name is given to a way of understanding a particular subject or social phenomenon?

According to the text, the feminist framework assumes society is structured on the basis of gender. What is the result of this assumption?

Life chances refers to the opportunities that an individual encounters over the course of his or her lifetime.

According to the text, which sociological framework believes that social change has created inescapable chaos and meaninglessness?

Daniel doesn't need a university degree because he will work at his father's store after university. He primarily went to university to have fun before settling into his expected role. According to structural functionalists, Daniel's focus at university pertains to what kind of functionality?

In Marxist conflict theory, who are the owners of the means of production?

At the macro level, critical thinking can be detached from social action and kept within the academic and intellectual silos of higher level educational institutions.

If you consider the implications and consequences of information you are given, you are participating in what important sociological practice?

Batool did not want to wear a sari to the mall because she was afraid of what shoppers at the mall would say about her. How would George Herbert Mead refer to the shoppers Batool was concerned about?

The girls' hockey league in town is primarily a result of what changes in society?

According to the text, which sociological framework views society as comprising individuals who are engaged in various forms of communication, which come to mean particular things based on common shared understandings that develop between specific people?

Your personal choice is made independent of outside influence.

Gender socialization research concludes that males and females are perceived and treated in an identical fashion in North America.

According to the text, theoretical and empirical research is considered what kind of sociology?

List the main assumptions of the functionalist, conflict, feminist, symbolic interactionist, and postmodern perspectives. Using examples, describe how each perspective would analyze suicide.

Weber argued that life chances were influenced by factors such as gender.

Who is considered the first female sociologist?

Briefly describe what is meant by life chances and provide an example of how this social phenomenon might affect the life and choices of young students.

In Paul's first year of undergraduate study, he learned about various marriage, partnership, and child rearing practices in his anthropology class. His religious beliefs and values were challenged as he reviewed the wide variety of cultural customs and practices relative to these sociocultural practices found across the globe. He could not accept that other cultures had valid forms and practices that were different than his own. What type of thinking was Paul using?

Briefly describe the two levels of social structures that surround and penetrate us, and provide an example for each.