According to your text who is at most risk of committing suicide?
White males
Society operates in the way that it does because that is the most ORDERLY and EFFICIENT way for it to operate is something you may here from a person who is taking the ________ approach.
Structural Functionalist Theory
Society Operates to benefit some categories of people and harm others is a position held by some one taking a ____ approach
Conflict theory
Society is an ongoing process and the REALITY that PEOPLE experience.
Symbolic-Interaction
Most Western Nations are
High Income nations
Sociologist gather data for study using various research methods.Which are ?
Surveys & Experiments
Participating Observations & Existing Sources
What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?
Typically, A person marries someone of similar social position.
Sociology defines itself as
the systematic study of human society.
According to Emile Durkheim, categories of people with a higher suicide rate typically have?
Lower social integration
In the United States today, the suicide rate is highest for which of the following?
White males
Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of the United States than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be?
higher in rural areas
The nations of Western Europe,Israel,Japan and Australia fall into which category of countries?
High Income nations
Social Problems in the United States, such as poverty and gender inequality, are?
more serious in poorer countries
Which of the following statement best illustrates the career advantage a person gains by studying sociology?
A police officer understands which categories of people are at high risk of becoming victims of crime.
Among the historical changes that stimulated the development of sociology as a discipline was?
the rise of industrial economy and growth of cities.
According to Mead, the difference between the "I" and the "me" is
the "I" is innate while the "me" is learned
_____ is a way of understanding the world based on science
Positivism
A statement that explains how and why specific facts are related is called an _____.
Theory
If we state that children raised in single parent families are high risk of being single parents themselves, we have constructed an ______ of family life.
theory
The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the_____.
structural-functional approach
The recognized and intended consequences of a social pattern are referred to as
Manifest Functions
Unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern are called?
Latent Functions
The social-conflict approach draws attention to?
patterns of social inequality.
A sociologist using the gender-conflict approach might state that
in many ways, men are in positions of power over women.
Which theoretical approach would highlight the fact that, on average, African American families have less income than white families?
the race-conflict approach
Which theoretical approach claims that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as what meaning they attach to their behavior?
Symbolic-Interaction Approach
What is the term for the value that occurs most often in a series of numbers?
the mode
What term refers to the value that occurs midway in a series of number (that is, the middle case)?
the median
In the process of measurement, reliability refers to
whether repeating the measurement yields consistent.
______ refers to measuring the exactly what one intends to measure
Validity
The ideal of objectivity means that a researcher must.
try to adapt a stance of personal neutrality toward the outcome of the research
Which research method asks subjects to respond to a series of items in a questionnaire or an interview?
A survey
A small number of people that are used to represent a much larger population is called a
sample
You wish to conduct an exploratory and descriptive study of people in a particular neighborhood. You have plenty of time, but you have little money or other resources. What research method should you use?
Participant Observation
Which sociological research method is best used to study what cannot be directly observed, such as attitudes and values, among large numbers of people?
The Survey
The United States is the most ______ of all countries.
Multicultural
What is the term for the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that together make up the way of life for a group of people?
Culture
According to Mead's theory on socialization, some but not all people will eventually learn to
recognize their own behavior as seen through the "generalized other".
Our cultural values are closely related to and in many important ways identical to the values of capitalist economic systems. This is a statement most likely held by someone applying the ___________ theoretical perspective.
Social Conflict
Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following?
Material Culture
The term _____ refers to a shared way of life, and the term ____ refers to a political entity
Culture; nation
The United States is multicultural because
in this country we find many different languages and ways of life.
Sociologists define a symbol as
anything that carries meaning to people who share a culture.
The fact that instant messaging is based on a new set of symbols shows us that
Culture Changes over time
Cultural transmission refers to the process of
passing cultural patterns from one generation to another
Standards by which people who share culture define what is desirable, good, and beautiful are called
values
The dominant values of U.S. culture include
a belief in individuality
While one dominant value of U.S. culture is the right to equal opportunity and freedom, another is
racism and group superiority
Key values of U.S. culture
are sometimes in conflict with one another
________ are rules about everyday, casual living; ________ are rules with great moral significance
Folkways;mores
Wrong-doing, such as an adult forcing a child to engage in sexual activity, is an example of violating cultural
mores
_____ distinguish between right and wrong; _____ distinguish between right and rude
Mores; folkways
The fact that some married men and married women are sexually unfaithful to their spouses is an example of ____ culture, while the fact that most adults say they support the idea of sexual fidelity is an example of ____ culture.
real; ideal
In hunting and gathering societies
men hunt animals while women gather vegetation.
The social standing of women and men in hunting and gathering societies is
fairly equal, with men and women each making a vital contribution to survival.
Agrarian technology developed based on the use of
the plow, animal power, and the development of metals.
In terms of social inequality, agrarian societies generally
have much more inequality than less productive societal types.
The distinction between high culture and popular culture is based on
the social standing of the people who display the cultural pattern
Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population are referred to as
Popular Culture
Subculture refers to
cultural patterns that set off a part of a society's population
Harley Davidson motorcycle riders, computer programmers, and jazz musicians all display _____ patterns.
Subculture
Cultural change is set in motion in three general ways. What are they?
Invention, discovery, and diffusion
Cultural universals are elements of culture that?
are part of every known culture
Which sociological concept gives an explanation of why the sexual "double standard" is found in our society?
how masculinity and conversely femininity are defined
The case of "The Girl in the Window" shows that
without social experience, a child is incapable of meaningful thought or meaningful action.
What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human being develop their potential and learn culture?
Socialization
In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that
nurture is far more important than nature
Family is important to the socialization process become
families pass along social identity to children in terms of class, ethnicity, and religion
Thinking about how patterns of child-rearing vary by class, lower-class parents generally stress _____, while well-to-do parents typically stress _____.
obedience; creativity
The special importance of the peer group is the fact that is
lets children escape the direct supervision of parents.
In the historical perspective, the importance of the mass media to the socialization process has
increased over time
Based on what you have read in this chapter, you would correctly conclude that
A society shapes how we think, feel, and act.
As discussed during lecture, the "hidden curriculum" of public schools has the intended effect of ______.
Teaching obedience
As discussed in lecture, elite private schools are designed to train students to _______, while most public schools train students to ______.
lead; Follow
Which of the following is NOT an agent of socialization identified in class discussion?
Government
When examining the relationship between education and television watching, we can say that the more education one has ___________.
the less television one watches
Research has shown that wealthy parents _______ than parents who are not wealthy
talk to and read to their children more
Cultural Capital is
certain knowledge, skills, connections, and advantages which gives one higher social status and ability to interact in different situations
It is easiest to see the world sociologically
during rapid change
during times of crisis
Viewing the margins of society
This is a theoretical approach that takes a micro level
Symbolic Approach