Sociology Ch. 1 Test

The invention of the internet has had only positive effects on the world.

Scientific Method is objective, logical, and systematic way of collecting data and arriving at reasoned conclusions.

Social interaction is how people relate to and influence each other's behavior.

Verstehen is the consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social systems.

Max Weber was the Prussian scholar who developed the concept of the ideal type.

Sociological perspective helps you see that all people are social beings.

Karl Marx did not believe that the working class should revolt against the capitalists.

Social statics are the philosophy that certain processes hold society together

Correlation exists when there is a change in one variable.

Psychology is the comparative study of past and present cultures.

Determining that the music a person listened to led them to commit a crime is an example of sociological perspective.

Manifest function is the intended and recognized consequence of some element of society.

Globalization is how people use symbols for interacting. The three essential elements are meaning, language and thought.

Function is an attempt to understand the meanings individual attach to their actions.

Auguste Comte was the French scholar who is considered the founder of sociology as a distinct subject.

W.E.B. Dubois assisted in starting the NAACP.

When conducting research, sociologists are guided by ________ that were established by the ASA.

Social dynamics are the philosophy that society changes through a definite process.

Social Psychology is how the social environment affects an individual’s behavior and personality.

W.E.B. Du Bois set up the Hull House.

Globalization is the development of economic, political, and social relationships that stretch worldwide.

Experiments gather data under controlled conditions.

What is the term an intensive analysis of a person, group, event or problem?

Sociology studies human society and social behavior from a group perspective

What is the term for a small but representative selection of people studied in a survey or other research project?

Economics is the study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

Functionalist perspective is the negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system.

Which branch of social science would be most likely to study the similarities of past and present cultures?

Feminest perspective focuses on how individuals interact with one another in society.

Conflict is not an essential element of symbolic interaction?

Emile Durkheim believed that religion was critical to understanding sociology.

Emile Durkheim was the French scholar who described society as a set of interdependent parts.

Function is the philosophy that only the fittest societies would survive over time.

Bourgeoisie are the workers who provide the labor.

Which branch of the social sciences would be most likely to compare the similarities between wars?

In 2006 more than 40 million Americans were victims of a crime.

Which branch of the social sciences would be most likely to study why an individual displays OCD?

Which branch of social sciences would study why employees work slower on days when their boss is not present.

Surveys consist of observing the behavior of individuals and groups in actual social settings.

Correlation is a characteristic that can differ from one situation to another in a measurable way.

Political Science is the study of past events in human society.

According to the functionalists, society is held together by______.

Harriet Martineau was the British author who published Society in America.

Herbert Spencer emphasized the primary role that conflict plays in social change.