Sociology and Its Origins
True or False: Sociology is a holistic blend of the social sciences.
True
The 2 components to a social problem are: being a condition or behavior that negatively affects many people and
It must be generally recognized as needing to be addressed
A deeper understanding or seeing the world from someone else's point of view is called
Verstehen
This is a perspective in sociology that focuses on the meanings people gain from social interaction
Symbolic interactionism
This method produces data we can generalize to the larger population, but it can be time consuming and it may not reach certain communities
Surveys
The study of human social life and patterns of behavior and meaning they create
Sociology
Objective or Subjective: A condition only becomes a “problem” when enough people decide it requires public attention.
Subjective
Institutions, groups, and statuses all make up this framework that organizes human behavior
Social structure
This theory emphasizes the importance of social institutions for social stability.
Functionalism
This method is good for finding a cause and effect relationship, but it has ethical concerns about wellbeing
Experiments
The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution all share this in common
They are all historical events/influences on early sociology
Objective or Subjective: The overwhelming majority of climate scientists say that climate change is real and serious
Objective
Americans tend to think of social problems as personal troubles rather than public issues. This is an example of blaming the ___
Victim
True or False: Marx saw society as a struggle between groups competing for power and resources.
True.
This method is good for collecting detailed info, especially on marginalized communities, but it can be inaccurate because people might change their behavior
Observation or fieldwork