Exam 1: Sociology: a Unique Way to View the World

The discipline a social scientist is trained in plays a role in the questions the social scientist asks. "How do couples negotiate roles in a marriage?" would most likely be asked by a(n) ______.

Social institutions are found in every society.

Which of the following sociologists is most closely associated with the sociological imagination?

Most sociologists with a bachelor's degree work in colleges or universities.

What do the authors of the text mean when they state that "the social world is a human creation"?

Lauren is a sociology student who wants to examine the effects that a new restaurant, the Tasty Tidbit, has on the wait staff at competing restaurants in her town. She decides that she needs to learn more about the restaurant industry, her town's economy, the national economy, and food service workers in general to better understand the impact of the Tasty Tidbit. Lauren is using the ______.

The aspects of society that provide the rules, roles, and relationships needed to shape human behavior are ______.

According to the text, religion and family are examples of social processes.

Complete harmony between social units is unusual.

August Comte coined the term sociological imagination.

Which of the following is an advantage of using meso-level analysis?

Understanding individual human behavior often requires investigation of larger societal beliefs supporting that behavior.

The discipline a social scientist is trained in plays a role in the questions the social scientist asks. "How will high gas prices impact automobile sales in the near future?" would most likely be asked by a(n) ______.

Psychologists tend to focus on groups while sociologists tend to focus on individuals.

The authors of the text would argue that a change in the economy would eventually result in a change in the family. This is because:

C. Wright Mills developed the concept of sociological imagination.

The social world engulfs each of us from the moment of our birth until we die.

Tyler read the news story about a 12-year-old boy who was caught selling crack cocaine. "My hypothesis is that the boy must be living in true poverty in a neighborhood full of crime." In this case, Tyler was using his sociological imagination.

In comparison, sociology focuses on ______, whereas psychology focuses on ______.

Analysis of intermediate-sized social units is called meso-level analysis.