Question 1

Émile Durkheim established the first rules for conducting sociological research and examined the impact of modern society on social ______.

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Question 2

College students who graduated during the height of the recession and were not able to find a job but recognized that it was not due to any fault of their own but to larger structural forces were employing ______.

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A) sociology 
B) social embeddedness 
C) the sociological imagination 
D) agency

Question 3

The relationship between agency and structure is ______,as ______.

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A) one-sided;agency influences structure 
B) one-sided;structure enables or constrains agency 
C) reciprocal;they both have an effect on one another 
D) nonexistent;there is no relationship between the two

Question 4

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

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Question 5

Define the term bureaucracy,and illustrate it with an example.

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Question 6

Max Weber believed modern society was increasingly characterized by rationality,as rules,regulations,and larger social structures played a greater role in people's decisions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The text outlines six simple rules for critical thinking (as outlined by Wade & Tavris,1997).Choose at least three of these rules,and discuss why they are important when conducting a sociological study.

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Question 8

Explain the difference between a macrolevel paradigm and a microlevel paradigm,and provide an example of each.

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Question 9

Identify and define Comte's three stages of society.

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Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the social forces that is ignored in blaming the poor for their poverty and suggesting that they work harder and "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"?

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A) racial and ethnic discrimination 
B) the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs 
C) the dire state of public education in distressed rural and urban areas 
D) the feminization of poverty

Question 11

Which of the following best describes sociology?

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A) the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors 
B) the study of the past,specifically how it relates to humans 
C) the scientific study of human social relationships,groups,and societies 
D) the study of the state,nation,politics,and policies of government

Question 12

Discuss the views of Harriet Martineau on women's experience in marriage and enslaved Black people in the United States.

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Question 13

Weber used the method of ______ to understand the meaning of what people say and do.

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Question 14

Auguste Comte founded and named sociology as a ______ discipline,pushing for a society in which knowledge would be based on scientific reasoning and facts.

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Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of critical thinking?

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A) recognizing poor arguments 
B) using anecdotal evidence 
C) rejecting statements not supported by evidence 
D) questioning one's own assumptions

Question 16

Talcott Parsons argued that men were socialized into instrumental roles to be rational workers,whereas women were socialized into expressive roles to be emotional and sensitive caretakers.Which perspective does this statement reflect?

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A) symbolic interactionism 
B) conflict theory 
C) functionalism 
D) feminism

Question 17

Define globalization.Identify three effects of globalization and how these effects can either be positive or negative for local or national communities.

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Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the arguments of early feminist and sociologist Charlotte Perkins Gilman?

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A) Women just need to be given opportunities equal to men in order to advance. 
B) The labor of women in the house enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could. 
C) Women are economic factors in society but are not economically independent. 
D) Sex roles in the family are not natural and inevitable but are social constructs that have the potential to change.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages that Comte argued that all societies would go through?

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A) theological 
B) industrial 
C) metaphysical 
D) scientific reasoning

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of sociology?

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A) strict,highly specific rules and guidelines about how to theorize about any particular topic 
B) usage of research methods such as interviews,observations,surveys,and archival data 
C) adherence to the principle of social embeddedness 
D) an aim to understand and generate new knowledge about human behavior and social relations

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