Exam 1: What Is Sociology?

This type of organization causes problems for effective democratic participation according to Max Weber:

Émile Durkheim analyzed the social changes transforming society in his lifetime in terms of:

Drug trafficking and other illegal activities produce jobs and income for an underclass of Americans.Illegal activity in turn produces jobs in law enforcement,corrections,and the legal system.Who might say that drug trafficking has a useful place in society?

How would rational choice theorists define the behavior of corporate executives who outsource many jobs to countries where the cost of labor is substantially less than in the United States?

Compare and contrast how macrosociology and microsociology would examine romantic love.Explain why we need both perspectives to understand romantic love.

Socialization is the lifelong process through which we learn all of the following EXCEPT:

In Marxian analysis,which group makes up the largest component of society?

Use an example from your life to explain one of the modern theoretical approaches presented in the first chapter of your text.

According to Émile Durkheim,society is:

The way in which social structure limits the range of activities and opportunities in individuals' lives is called:

Karl Marx differs from Émile Durkheim in that:

According to Max Weber,economic factors are very important to social change in society.What other variable is involved in social change?

The study of everyday life and face-to-face interaction is called:

What are the four questions that sociologists generally ask themselves when examining a social phenomenon? Using the example of romantic love,explain how these four questions help one to focus their sociological imagination.

Robert K.Merton advocated that sociologists should develop more modest theories that would not attempt to encompass all of society.He termed these types of theories:

Which activist sociologist connected social analysis to social reform?

Which theoretical perspective perceives moral consensus within society as imperative for social integration?

Which theoretical approach places gender at the core of the theory?

Organic solidarity is:

A sociologist who studies gang tattoos in American society to understand the meaning they hold for the gang members would be studying these tattoos as: