Early Thinkers
According to Karl Marx, a communistic society everyone would be blank_________
be classless, everyone would be equal
Several members of a little league team begin wearing their baseball caps backwards and soon the entire team is following this style. This is an example of
group conformity
True or false
Most events have multiple causes
True
Give an example of a cultural universal
answers will vary
When a baby waves "bye-bye," she is using a
symbol
Herbert Spencer created what idea
Social Darwinism
The ______ emphasizes the contributions of each part of society and how these parts work together to create a unified whole.
Functionalist Perspective
What type of questions would you want to use in a survey so that the results could be precisely measured, easily compared, large numbers could be collected and statistical techniques could be used to make sense of the data?
Closed- ended
Assume that Michael's teacher has a rule that if a student talks out-of-turn three times in one day, that student must stay in for recess for the rest of the week. Which of the following methods is she using to control student behavior?
formal sanction
Theory of Sociology emphasizes that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.
Symbolic Interactionists
Which sociologists would probably want to study the impact that race has on homelessness?
W.E.B Dubois
Using e-mail has decreased the number of hand-written letters that people send to their friends and relatives. This is a ____ function of e-mail.
Latent
You want to conduct research on the importance of teenagers taking driver's education. Before you begin collecting data, you write down the following: Teenagers who have taken driver's education will have fewer accidents in their first two years of driving than teenagers who have not taken driver's education. What would the dependent variable be in this study
the number of accidents the teenagers had
Assume that most members of a particular society believe everyone should have the same opportunities regardless of their race. However, in reality, many people discriminate against members of minority groups. What would be the real culture and what would be the ideal culture in this example
The real culture is different from the ideal culture.
A person's marital status, ethnicity or grade in high school, is an example of a ______ variable, or a variable that identifies a person's membership in a category
Qualitative
Which sociologists would probably want to study the issue of homelessness from a feminist point-of-view?
Harriet Martineau
Using e-mail has made it easy, fast, and inexpensive for family members who live in different parts of the United States to keep in touch. This is a ____ function of e-mail.
Manifest
You want to conduct research on the importance of teenagers taking driver's education. Before you begin collecting data, you write down the following: Teenagers who have taken driver's education will have fewer accidents in their first two years of driving than teenagers who have not taken driver's education. What would the independent variable be in this study?
taking driver's education
Is an instinct a norm?
no, norms are based on culture. Instincts are biological
n the United States, most people believe that every child is entitled to an education. This is an example of a(n)
value
Who is the "Father of Sociology"
Auguste Comte
describes the sociological perspective?
It focuses on how the group shape human behavior
when a researcher joins a group to study said group
participant observation
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that
the language we use influences our perception of the world
Pulling away upon touching a hot stove is an example of a
reflex