Exam 1: Understanding Sociology

Which sociologist explored what it meant to be female and Black living in the U.S.?

Applied sociology is dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions.

One of Robert Merton's most significant contributions to sociology was the attempt to merge the microlevel and macrolevel approaches to the study of society.

The fact that the September 11,2001,terrorist attacks in the U.S.led to an economic decline throughout the world is an example of:

Which of the following academic disciplines investigates personality and individual behavior?

A sociology instructor asks students to make lists of the characteristics of the best and worst possible instructors.These lists,which would be used to evaluate all instructors,are an example of a (an):

The body of knowledge obtained using methods based upon systematic observation is called a (an):

In his research on suicide,Émile Durkheim's found that:

Which aspect of divorce would most likely be of interest to sociologists using the sociological imagination?

In 1909,W.E.B.Du Bois helped found which of these organizations?

Critics of television often suggest that executives of major television networks and movie corporations are wealthy White males who decide which programs or movies will be produced and which directors and actors will obtain jobs in the industry.This analysis reflects the:

Explain the similarities and differences between the three major sociological perspectives of functionalism,conflict theory,and symbolic interactionism.Identify which perspectives use a macrolevel or a microlevel of analysis.

Émile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of:

Which of the following academic disciplines is classified as a natural science?

What is considered to be the major theme of analysis in sociology today?

Which social science would be interested in cost comparisons between the use of the death penalty and incarceration for criminal offenders?

A natural scientist would be likely to study:

Which sociologist made an important contribution to the discipline by successfully combining theory and research?

Which sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival and stability?

Émile Durkheim's study of suicide related suicide rates to: