Question 1

Which founding father of sociology, in response to the Industrial Revolution, compared modern society to an "iron cage"?

Accepted Answer

A) Karl Marx 
B) Emile Durkheim 
C) Auguste Comte 
D) Max Weber 
A) Karl Marx 
B) Emile Durkheim 
C) Auguste Comte 
D) Max Weber D

Question 2

Define the term "social facts" and using examples, like your own life as a framework, briefly describe the "social facts" present in your own life, and how they operate. You may use another subject matter if you do not feel comfortable using your own life.

Accepted Answer

Durkheim emphasized that, while the primary domain of psychology is to understand processes internal to the individual (e.g., personality or instincts), the primary domain of sociology is "social facts": that is, conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine that individual's course of action. As a scientist, Durkheim advocated a systematic and methodical examination of social facts and their impact on individuals. Individual students' answers will vary but each should identify some power, force, or institution within his or her own life which plays a part in how he or she acts, feels, or thinks.

Question 3

Your textbook argues Abdel Rahman Ibn-Khaldun, Confucius, and Aristotle can best be understood as pre-modern sociologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Secondary texts do not merely translate what the theorist wrote into simpler terms; rather, in order to simplify, they must revise what an author has said.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Define theories and explain how they differ from ideas found in religion and philosophy. Next, use these definitions as a foundation for the contemporary debate about evolution, "intelligent design" and the separation between church and state in U.S. schools.

Accepted Answer

Varies. Theories are a system of general

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the metatheoretical framework?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a handy mirror for reality. 
B) It helps to compare and contrast theorists. 
C) Theorists are defined by one quadrant only. 
D) Theories are one-dimensional always. 
A) It is a handy mirror for reality. 
B) It helps to compare and contrast theorists. 
C) Theorists are defined by one quadrant only. 
D) Theories are one-dimensional always.

Question 7

When a person takes her bearings more from forces outside herself than from internalized forces, we would label this as:

Accepted Answer

A) individualist 
B) rational 
C) collectivist 
D) nonrational 
A) individualist 
B) rational 
C) collectivist 
D) nonrational

Question 8

List and define each of the authors' four coordinates of action and order for mapping theory, then create a question regarding an activity in our society, covered in class, and provide the possible answers or reasons for this activity by utilizing each of the four coordinates.

Accepted Answer

Order - It asks what accounts for the pa

Question 9

Discuss the Enlightenment and its impact on sociology.

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment emphasis on reason was

Question 10

Discuss the role Durkheim played in the formation of sociology.

Accepted Answer

It was the French theorist Émile Durkhei

Question 11

One of the concepts developed during the time of the Enlightenment included

Accepted Answer

A) verstehen 
B) the civil society 
C) religious conservatism 
D) anomic society 
A) verstehen 
B) the civil society 
C) religious conservatism 
D) anomic society

Question 12

Define and explain the question of order.

Accepted Answer

Varies. An individual's analytical frame

Question 13

The Enlightenment was not so much a fixed set of ideas, but a new attitude, a new method of thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Theory is vital to making sense of social life because

Accepted Answer

A) it holds assorted observations and facts together 
B) you can't do science without it 
C) sociological law states you must 
D) social life is based solely on theory 
A) it holds assorted observations and facts together 
B) you can't do science without it 
C) sociological law states you must 
D) social life is based solely on theory

Question 15

Many of the seeds for what would become sociology were first planted with

Accepted Answer

A) the American Revolution 
B) the French Revolution 
C) the Enlightenment 
D) the Fall of Rome 
A) the American Revolution 
B) the French Revolution 
C) the Enlightenment 
D) the Fall of Rome

Question 16

The rise of science and empiricism in the mid-seventeenth century would give birth to sociology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sociology's founding fathers' work emphasized rational thought and objective methodology; leaving little room for subjective and humanistic concerns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Sociologists tend to be interested not only in understanding the workings of society, but also in realizing a more just or equitable social order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to the authors' metatheoretical actors seen as relatively free to reproduce the patterns and routines of social life is categorized as

Accepted Answer

A) Rational 
B) Collective 
C) Nonrational 
D) Individual 
A) Rational 
B) Collective 
C) Nonrational 
D) Individual

Question 20

The perspective that pictures society as an overarching system that works down on individuals and groups to determine the shape of the social order is called:

Accepted Answer

A) individualist 
B) nonrational 
C) collectivist 
D) rational 
A) individualist 
B) nonrational 
C) collectivist 
D) rational

Which founding father of sociology, in response to the Industrial Revolution, compared modern society to an "iron cage"?

Define the term "social facts" and using examples, like your own life as a framework, briefly describe the "social facts" present in your own life, and how they operate. You may use another subject matter if you do not feel comfortable using your own life.

Your textbook argues Abdel Rahman Ibn-Khaldun, Confucius, and Aristotle can best be understood as pre-modern sociologists.

Secondary texts do not merely translate what the theorist wrote into simpler terms; rather, in order to simplify, they must revise what an author has said.

Define theories and explain how they differ from ideas found in religion and philosophy. Next, use these definitions as a foundation for the contemporary debate about evolution, "intelligent design" and the separation between church and state in U.S. schools.

Which of the following is true of the metatheoretical framework?

When a person takes her bearings more from forces outside herself than from internalized forces, we would label this as:

List and define each of the authors' four coordinates of action and order for mapping theory, then create a question regarding an activity in our society, covered in class, and provide the possible answers or reasons for this activity by utilizing each of the four coordinates.

Discuss the Enlightenment and its impact on sociology.

Discuss the role Durkheim played in the formation of sociology.

One of the concepts developed during the time of the Enlightenment included

Define and explain the question of order.

The Enlightenment was not so much a fixed set of ideas, but a new attitude, a new method of thought.

Theory is vital to making sense of social life because

Many of the seeds for what would become sociology were first planted with

The rise of science and empiricism in the mid-seventeenth century would give birth to sociology.

Sociology's founding fathers' work emphasized rational thought and objective methodology; leaving little room for subjective and humanistic concerns.

Sociologists tend to be interested not only in understanding the workings of society, but also in realizing a more just or equitable social order.

According to the authors' metatheoretical actors seen as relatively free to reproduce the patterns and routines of social life is categorized as

The perspective that pictures society as an overarching system that works down on individuals and groups to determine the shape of the social order is called:

Karl Marx

mile Durkheim

Max Weber

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Georg Simmel

Web Du Bois

George Herbert Mead

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Exam 1: Introduction

Which founding father of sociology, in response to the Industrial Revolution, compared modern society to an "iron cage"?

Define the term "social facts" and using examples, like your own life as a framework, briefly describe the "social facts" present in your own life, and how they operate. You may use another subject matter if you do not feel comfortable using your own life.

Your textbook argues Abdel Rahman Ibn-Khaldun, Confucius, and Aristotle can best be understood as pre-modern sociologists.

Secondary texts do not merely translate what the theorist wrote into simpler terms; rather, in order to simplify, they must revise what an author has said.

Define theories and explain how they differ from ideas found in religion and philosophy. Next, use these definitions as a foundation for the contemporary debate about evolution, "intelligent design" and the separation between church and state in U.S. schools.

Which of the following is true of the metatheoretical framework?

When a person takes her bearings more from forces outside herself than from internalized forces, we would label this as:

List and define each of the authors' four coordinates of action and order for mapping theory, then create a question regarding an activity in our society, covered in class, and provide the possible answers or reasons for this activity by utilizing each of the four coordinates.

Discuss the Enlightenment and its impact on sociology.

Discuss the role Durkheim played in the formation of sociology.

One of the concepts developed during the time of the Enlightenment included

Define and explain the question of order.

The Enlightenment was not so much a fixed set of ideas, but a new attitude, a new method of thought.

Theory is vital to making sense of social life because

Many of the seeds for what would become sociology were first planted with

The rise of science and empiricism in the mid-seventeenth century would give birth to sociology.

Sociology's founding fathers' work emphasized rational thought and objective methodology; leaving little room for subjective and humanistic concerns.

Sociologists tend to be interested not only in understanding the workings of society, but also in realizing a more just or equitable social order.

According to the authors' metatheoretical actors seen as relatively free to reproduce the patterns and routines of social life is categorized as

The perspective that pictures society as an overarching system that works down on individuals and groups to determine the shape of the social order is called:

Karl Marx

mile Durkheim

Max Weber

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Georg Simmel

Web Du Bois

George Herbert Mead

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