Exam 1: Introducing Sociology

According to Marx, what encourages the creation and proliferation of trade unions and labour parties?

What is the type of research in which the researcher observes interactions in natural surroundings without participating or interacting?

The ability to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures (e.g., personal problems and public issues related to unemployment) is known as the sociological imagination.

Which of the following theoretical perspectives is characterized by the view that people attach subjective meanings to their actions?

In a study of the effect of tutoring on students' grades in sociology, a researcher divides the class into two groups and arranges tutoring for one of the groups. What do we call the group receiving the tutoring?

According to sociologists today, Émile Durkheim's theory of suicide is an example of what type of theoretical perspective?

What do sociologists learn by examining historical social transformations such as the Industrial Revolution?

What is the theory that emphasizes the importance of purposeful, shared values in shaping human behaviour?

Karl Marx used the term sociological imagination to identify the relationship between personal troubles and social structures.

The sociological imagination originated before C. Wright Mills even coined the term. Which of the following influenced the development of the sociological imagination?

Set up a research project in which you wish to determine the motivations for watching a popular television program. How would you conduct your project?

Which of the following is one of the reasons that sociologists conduct research?

What kind of social structures does the social class system in Canada exemplify?

What is the Scientific Revolution?

Jessica is trying to decide which postsecondary institution she is most suited to to attend next fall. Which of the following is best for her to activate in order to get advice that is likely to be useful and specific to her situation?

Married adults are half as likely as unmarried adults to commit suicide because marriage creates social ties and social commitments to others. What are these ties and commitments called?

Define and explain why Durkheim believed that suicide was influenced by social factors.

Compare and contrast the functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist, and feminist approaches to a social institution or cultural practice.

Some sociologists argue that globalization and postindustrialism will lead to a future in which people's freedom is ever more constrained. Which of the following best exemplifies their concern?

What is postindustrialism and how does it differ from the Industrial Revolution?