Exam 1: The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

The "grand narrative" that constitutes a social identity:

Which of the following sociologists applied Durkheim's theory of anomie to explain crime rates among African Americans after the abolition of slavery in the United States?

The functionalist paradigm went largely unchallenged in the United States until about the 1950s.C.Wright Mills criticized Talcott Parsons for:

Max Weber would say we need to understand from their perspective,not from our own,why many generations of Chinese sleep together in rural China.He called this:

Which of the three historical epistemological stages did Comte argue would explain human society by identifying the "laws" that governed human behavior?

Which of the following founders of sociology is known,in part,for his writings providing the theoretical foundation of Communism?

Which feminist sociologist wrote Sex,Gender,and Society (1972),which argued that much of what we attribute to biological sex differences can actually be traced to learned behaviors and socialization?

In today's society,Randall Collins might suggest that getting a "piece of paper" is more important to many than actually having the knowledge to do a job.He calls the priority placed on formal education:

Positivism is best defined as the:

Feeling discomfort about rural Chinese society,where many generations of a family sleep in the same bed,is known as:

Economists tend to see humans as ____________,but sociologists would tend to include ____________.

In contrast to functionalism,which modern sociological theory borrows from Marx's belief that competition,not consensus,is the essential cause of social change?

Each of the following is known as one of the three epistemological stages of human society,as explained by Comte,EXCEPT:

Discuss the main ideas of the conflict theory of sociology.

Which of the following sociologists developed the theory of positivism?

According to Suicide,one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of normlessness that results from drastic changes in society.This normlessness was called:

Summarize the main idea(s)of your choice of two of the following American social theorists: Park,Wirth,Cooley,Mead,Du Bois,or Addams.

Sociology is the study of:

Chicago was a good place to study urbanism using more of a community-based approach (a.k.a.social ecology).Why?

According to Comte,positivism arose out of a need to make ____________ sense of the social order in a time of declining religious authority.