Exam 1: Thinking Like a Sociologist

Jennifer is studying how welfare policies affect working families.She has paid several visits to families that have agreed to be a part of her study and interviewed them.She has also requested them to fill a questionnaire that asked about the issues in their daily lives such as the household budget and marital harmony.With this information, Jennifer tries to link the effect of welfare policies to these issues.In this scenario, Jennifer most likely studies:

A sociologist is conducting a study on a small group of poverty-stricken individuals.She understands that an individual's poverty status is the result of larger economic situations and unemployment rates in the local community rather than an individual's personal problem.The ability to see the relationship between the personal troubles of the group and the larger economic situations is known as:

Which of the following is a difference between social statics and social dynamics?

According to Durkheim, as the division of labor becomes more specialized, _____.

Sociologist C.Wright Mills called the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger social influences the _____.

Conflict theorists see disagreement and the resulting changes in society as natural, inevitable, and even desirable.

Social statics explores how individuals and societies change over time.

One of the common criticisms of functionalist theory is that it:

In his classic study _____, Durkheim relied on extensive data collection to draw conclusions about social integration.

According to Karl Marx, history is a series of class struggles between:

How is a sociological imagination helpful?

Which of the following statements is true of conflict theory?

How does studying sociology shape social and public policies and practices?

Who is a value-free researcher?

Karl Marx believed that society is divided into:

In industrial capitalist systems, workers feel _____ because they don't own or control either the means of production or the product.

A researcher who is value free is one who separates her or his personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from scientific research.

Social solidarity, or social cohesiveness and harmony, according to Durkheim, is maintained by a(n) _____.

Recognizing and understand diversity is one of sociology's central themes.

Macrosociology examines the patterns of individuals' social interaction in specific settings.