Chapter 7: The Human Variety
Chapter 8: The Uses of History
Chapter 10: On Politics
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True or False. The human variety can include individuals and groups.
True
100
Is it possible to study sociology without some historical influence?
No, history has influence over studies of the social sciences.
100
True or False. Mills believes that men are aware and involved in the history they create
False. Why?
200
What is the most inclusive unit of social structure?
The nation-state.
200
Can social science utilize history? How?
Yes,
200
Does Mills believe that the US is completely democratic?
No, explain.
300
Is Mills in support of the departmentalization of social science?
No, he believes that they should all unify.
300
Which group does Mills say refrains from interpretation of facts?
Historians
300
What is the political role of social scientists?
To establish reason
400
Name one practical difficulty of unifying social sciences.
Design of curricula Linguistic confusion Established job markets for graduates
400
Does Mills believe that there is one national unit of one contemporary society?
No, in order to discover differences of human types and social institutions studies of many societies are needed.
400
Can the social scientist be outside society?
No, he is in society.
500
Name 3 of the social sciences that Mills mentions in Chapter 7.
Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science.
500
Mills says ignoring history when studying social science is like what?
Studying the process of birth but ignoring motherhood
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How does social science affect/help democracy?
Social scientists help the people to be reasonable and make better democratic decisions.
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