Exam 17: Understanding Sociology: Concepts, Theories, and Perspectives

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a structural functionalist approach or lens.Include specific functionalist theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

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Varies.Should include explaining the phenomenon in terms of function or role it performs,how it serves a function that helps society work together to ensure equilibrium and health of society as a whole.Answers the question,What function does a particular institution,phenomenon,or social group serve for the maintenance of society?

The choices we make as individuals have no effect on larger economic,political,and cultural structures.

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Elementary schools serve as childcare institutions,allowing more parents to participate in the workforce.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

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Conservative politicians oppose gun control reform because they receive contributions from wealthy pro-gun lobbyists.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

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Question 4

Which of the following is NOT considered a major theme of sociology,as outlined in the text?

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Question 5

Macrolevel paradigms are concerned with large-scale patterns and institutions,whereas ______ paradigms are concerned with social relations and interactions in specific,individual situations.

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Question 6

Harriet Martineau argued that injustices such as slavery and women's inequality stunted a society's ______ development.

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Question 7

According to Karl Marx,class conflict leads to what?

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Question 8

The ability to mobilize resources and achieve goals despite the resistance of others is referred to as ______.

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Question 9

The sociological imagination helps us to see that divorce,a private trouble,is influenced by all of the following public issues EXCEPT this one:

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Question 10

Organic solidarity refers to bonds based on specialization and interdependence,whereas ______ solidarity refers to bonds based on shared customs,language,and beliefs.

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Question 11

Sociologist Talcott Parsons believed that although traditional gender roles were biologically predetermined,they were the root cause of gender inequality and conflict.

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Question 12

The ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence is referred to as ______.

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Question 13

The idea that economic,political,and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relationships is referred to as ______.

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Question 14

Discuss how the scientific revolution,the Enlightenment,the industrial revolution,and urbanization each played a role in the development of sociological thinking.

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Question 15

Explain the concept of the sociological imagination.Choose a particular phenomenon that could be understood as a private trouble,and explain it in terms of public issues.

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Question 16

Students of parents who are well educated and economically prosperous have a position in the class structure that is while students from poor families with no college background experience a class structure that is .

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Question 17

Social statics refer to the way society is held together while ______ are the laws that govern change.

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Question 18

Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of free will?

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Question 19

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens.Include specific theories and concepts.

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Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a structural functionalist approach or lens.Include specific functionalist theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

The choices we make as individuals have no effect on larger economic,political,and cultural structures.

Elementary schools serve as childcare institutions,allowing more parents to participate in the workforce.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

Conservative politicians oppose gun control reform because they receive contributions from wealthy pro-gun lobbyists.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

Which of the following is NOT considered a major theme of sociology,as outlined in the text?

Macrolevel paradigms are concerned with large-scale patterns and institutions,whereas ______ paradigms are concerned with social relations and interactions in specific,individual situations.

Harriet Martineau argued that injustices such as slavery and women's inequality stunted a society's ______ development.

According to Karl Marx,class conflict leads to what?

The ability to mobilize resources and achieve goals despite the resistance of others is referred to as ______.

The sociological imagination helps us to see that divorce,a private trouble,is influenced by all of the following public issues EXCEPT this one:

Organic solidarity refers to bonds based on specialization and interdependence,whereas ______ solidarity refers to bonds based on shared customs,language,and beliefs.

Sociologist Talcott Parsons believed that although traditional gender roles were biologically predetermined,they were the root cause of gender inequality and conflict.

The ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence is referred to as ______.

The idea that economic,political,and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relationships is referred to as ______.

Discuss how the scientific revolution,the Enlightenment,the industrial revolution,and urbanization each played a role in the development of sociological thinking.

Explain the concept of the sociological imagination.Choose a particular phenomenon that could be understood as a private trouble,and explain it in terms of public issues.

Students of parents who are well educated and economically prosperous have a position in the class structure that is while students from poor families with no college background experience a class structure that is .

Social statics refer to the way society is held together while ______ are the laws that govern change.

Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of free will?

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens.Include specific theories and concepts.

Culture and Mass Media

Socialization and Social Interaction

Groups,Organizations,and Bureaucracies

Deviance and Social Control

Social Class and Inequality in the United States

Global Inequality and Poverty

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Society

Families and Society

Education and Society

Religion and Society

The State,War,and Terror

Work,Consumption,and the Economy

Health and Medicine

Population,Urbanization,and the Environment

Social Movements and Social Change

Understanding Sociological Research: Methods, Variables, and Theories

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Exam 17: Understanding Sociology: Concepts, Theories, and Perspectives

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a structural functionalist approach or lens.Include specific functionalist theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

The choices we make as individuals have no effect on larger economic,political,and cultural structures.

Elementary schools serve as childcare institutions,allowing more parents to participate in the workforce.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

Conservative politicians oppose gun control reform because they receive contributions from wealthy pro-gun lobbyists.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

Which of the following is NOT considered a major theme of sociology,as outlined in the text?

Macrolevel paradigms are concerned with large-scale patterns and institutions,whereas ______ paradigms are concerned with social relations and interactions in specific,individual situations.

Harriet Martineau argued that injustices such as slavery and women's inequality stunted a society's ______ development.

According to Karl Marx,class conflict leads to what?

The ability to mobilize resources and achieve goals despite the resistance of others is referred to as ______.

The sociological imagination helps us to see that divorce,a private trouble,is influenced by all of the following public issues EXCEPT this one:

Organic solidarity refers to bonds based on specialization and interdependence,whereas ______ solidarity refers to bonds based on shared customs,language,and beliefs.

Sociologist Talcott Parsons believed that although traditional gender roles were biologically predetermined,they were the root cause of gender inequality and conflict.

The ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence is referred to as ______.

The idea that economic,political,and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relationships is referred to as ______.

Discuss how the scientific revolution,the Enlightenment,the industrial revolution,and urbanization each played a role in the development of sociological thinking.

Explain the concept of the sociological imagination.Choose a particular phenomenon that could be understood as a private trouble,and explain it in terms of public issues.

Students of parents who are well educated and economically prosperous have a position in the class structure that is ______ while students from poor families with no college background experience a class structure that is ______.

Social statics refer to the way society is held together while ______ are the laws that govern change.

Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of free will?

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens.Include specific theories and concepts.

Culture and Mass Media

Socialization and Social Interaction

Groups,Organizations,and Bureaucracies

Deviance and Social Control

Social Class and Inequality in the United States

Global Inequality and Poverty

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Society

Families and Society

Education and Society

Religion and Society

The State,War,and Terror

Work,Consumption,and the Economy

Health and Medicine

Population,Urbanization,and the Environment

Social Movements and Social Change

Understanding Sociological Research: Methods, Variables, and Theories

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Students of parents who are well educated and economically prosperous have a position in the class structure that is while students from poor families with no college background experience a class structure that is .