Exam 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?

The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by

The ancient Romans saw the stars as gods. Comte would classify Roman society as which of the following types?

What research method was used in Phillip Zimbardo's study the "Stanford County Prison"?

The theoretical approach in sociology that views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the

Canada, Japan, and Argentina are all high-income nations.

The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is

Herbert Spencer described human society as having much in common with

Which of the following is NOT one of the defining traits of a cause-and-effect relationship?

Which of the following best describes the focus of the structural-functional approach?

The method of sociological research best suited to identifying cause-and-effect relationships is

According to Comte, societies in which stage of development begin to see society as a natural-rather than a supernatural-phenomenon?

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has

By linking specific facts together to give us meaning, we create a

Which of the following is the best example of a manifest function of sports?

If you were engaged in interpretive sociology, you would not consider subjective feelings to be a source of bias.

If we state that children raised in single-parent families are at high risk of being single parents themselves, we have constructed a __________ of family life.

Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area?

W. E. B. Du Bois translated the writings of Auguste Comte from Latin into English.

Which early sociologist claimed that his goal was not to simply understand society but to change it?