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Where did the industrial revolution begin? |
England |
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How would a sociologist define family? |
An interdependent social group bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties |
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How did the industrial revolution change the common meaning of family? |
It shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family |
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The economy is not only about money, but also about: |
The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services |
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According to C. Wright mills, who rules America? |
The power elite |
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What do all religions have in common? |
A system of beliefs and rituals that establish a relationship between the sacred and the profane |
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What is it called when a government bars an individual, temporarily or permanently, from voting? |
Disenfranchisement |
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What did C. Weight Mills mean by the term “power elite”? |
A small group of people who occupy key positions in political, economic, and military institutions |
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In 2008 Obama family’s search for a church to attend |
Being a Christian is an unofficial requirement for the presidency |
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Which of the following would be included on a list of the functions of religion? |
All the above |
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Manuel Noriega was never elected president of panama |
Authoritarian |
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How do most sociologists differentiate between sex and gender? |
Sex is biological; gender is social |
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How do sociologists define a minority group? |
A group whose members suffer from unequal treatment |
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Systems and structures that persist over time and help organize group life are called: |
Social institutions |
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In addition to who we are, gender identity is also about |
How we act |
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Sociologists who examine the ways gender is constructed and maintained in our everyday lives tend to come from which school of social theory? |
Symbolic interactionalism |
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How do sociologists define ethnicity? |
A group with a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage |
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How do sociologists define race? |
A social category based on real or perceived biological differences |
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Apartheid is a specific example of what system of social stratification? |
Caste |
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What has modern science determined about racial categories? |
Biologically there is no such thing as a pure race |
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Most sociological literature on deviance focuses on: |
Crime |
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Most sociological literature on deviance focuses on: |
Crime |
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What sort of social mobility is possible in a caste system? |
There is little to no chance of social mobility |
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What do sociologists claims is the most significant part of culture? |
Language |
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Who is the father of sociology? |
Auguste Compte |
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Best definition of deviance? |
Violations of social norms |
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What is the definition of “culture”? |
All the above |
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What institutions does Max Weber believe characterize modern industrialized societies? |
Bureaucracies |
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What is the scientific method or approach? |
The standard procedure for acquiring and verifying empirical knowledge |
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When do sociologists most often use statistical tools to analyze their data? |
When they use surveys |
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What historical events convinced Auguste Compte that society needed to be guided |
French Revolution |
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How does Karl Marx differentiate Between proletariat and bourgeois |
Members of proletariat own means of production, bourgeois possesses own labor |
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Who coined “survival of the fittest”? |
Herbert spencer |
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According to Karl Marx, what is the engine of social change? |
Conflict between social groups |
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What social theorist is associated with communism? |
Karl Marx |
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Emile Durkheim argued that even an action as seemingly individual as suicide has important social components. |
Religious affiliation and marital status |
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It is expected that youll forget most of what u learn in sociology. What’s the most important? |
A new way of looking at and thinking about the social world |
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Which best characterizes microsociology? |
An approach that examines interactions between individuals and the ways those actions reflect larger patterns within a society |
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What is the sociological imagination? |
The ability to understand the connections between biography and history |
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Best describes macrosociology? |
Directly examines large scale social structures in order to see how that affect individual lives |
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According to C. Wright Mills, what one quality of mind do all great sociologists poses? |
Sociological imagination |
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Sociologists observe society: |
By studying the various parts of a society and the ways they interact and influence each other |
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Sociology can be approached by macro or micro - which is better? |
Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of info about the same object of study |
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Why are we all “natural sociologists”? |
We are all members of society and therefore have a great deal of background knowledge about how society works |