Exam 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

The structural-functional approach helps us to

A small number of people used by researchers to represent an entire population is called

Sociologists should make use of only one theoretical approach.

A criticism of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it

William Foote Whyte's study of Cornerville (Street Corner Society) used which sociological research method?

In the United States today, the suicide rate is highest for which of the following categories of people?

Unlike simple stereotypes, sociological generalizations

Interpretive sociology is sociology that

A sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects:

In deciding what questions to ask as they begin research, sociologists are guided by

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages us to

Two of sociology's early founders were

Science can be defined as

You want to conduct an exploratory and descriptive study of people in a particular neighborhood, but you have no specific hypothesis or exact research questions. What method should you use?

Social-exchange analysis is one micro-level approach to understanding social interaction.

Understanding how society operates hides the opportunities and constraints in our own lives.

The social-conflict approach is sometimes criticized for

The "Seeing Sociology in the News" article in Chapter 1 ("Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method") explains that many workers who lost their jobs in the recent economic recession have decided to attend community colleges.

Which discipline is defined as "the systematic study of human society"?

E. Digby Baltzell's study, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, showed that a very high number of top achievers listed in the Dictionary of America came from