Exam 1: A: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

Oprah Winfrey's success can be attributed to her ascribed status.

According to Berger,sociologists need to tune their sociological perspective by thinking about what is strange and seeing it as familiar.

Positivism derived from the scientific revolution.

Interviewing members of a swim team about their experiences as part of a competitive team is an example of quantitative sociology.

Karl Marx's greatest contribution to society was his insight into the nature of human relationships.

Elementary school teachers' refusal to "volunteer" their time to supervise extracurricular activities is an example of Weber's rationalization.

Canadian sociology developed prior to American sociology but has had less notoriety.

Getting fired from your job because you are always late for work is an example of a social issue.

The international community did nothing to prevent the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda,nor did it get involved once it began.

Quantitative sociology focuses on behaviours that can be measured.

Qualitative sociologists propose that we can and should separate scientific inquiry from values.

Mills highlighted the difference between personal troubles,which are caused by extra-local social structural factors,and social issues,which result from largely individual challenges.

Political economy can be defined as the interaction of politics,government,and governing,and the social and cultural constitution of markets,institutions,and actors.

Contrary to what many so-called "globalization experts" say,our world is less interconnected and intermingled today than it was in the early twentieth century.

According to Hobbes,the true nature of humankind is compassion for others.