Exam 1: A Sociological Compass

According to the textbook,why were there so few early female sociologists?

Which theory purports that humans have agency and can influence their own destinies?

According to the textbook,what is a major concern of the modern sociological enterprise?

Sociologists suggest that suicide rates are actually one-third higher than officially determined by coroners.What point are the textbook authors trying to make by pointing out this discrepancy?

Freja argues with her sociology classmates that there is immense variability in the ways that people perform masculinity and femininity.Which theory is her argument consistent with?

When conflict theorists examine fashion,they concentrate on things like the Color Mafia.

Which theorist developed the idea of a sociological imagination?

Microstructures are the patterns of relatively intimate social relations formed during face-to-face interaction.

"Survival of the fittest" is a concept most closely allied with which of the following theorists' work?

According to the textbook,which theory has arisen in recent decades to correct some problems in earlier sociological theories?

Which of the following theories is characterized by the study of macrostructures,shared values,and a focus on societal equilibrium?

Develop an account of fashion from either a functionalist perspective,a conflict perspective,a symbolic interactionist perspective,or a feminist perspective.Justify your choice of perspective.

According to Fred Davis,clothes provide us with a sense of identity.

Explain the importance of Weber's analysis of religion in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Which revolution put forth the idea that conclusions should be evidence based and not based on speculation?

Compare and contrast micro,macro,and global social structures.How do you think these structures interact in social life?

Give an example of how sociology can change the ways that one views the social world.

Emile Durkheim's analysis of suicide demonstrates how the process of taking one's life through violent means is an isolated and individualistic act.

The stable patterns of social relations in our lives,such as the organization of work and emotions,are called global structures.

Harpreet is interested in studying how the shift in employment from manufacturing and manual work to non-manual office work affects families and gender relations.What major sociological issue does this subject illustrate?