Sociology

What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?

Three campus roommates are talking about why they are in university. A sociological view of going to university highlights the effect of:

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has:

Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would have expected the sociological imagination to be more widespread:

C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed:

Which of the following is a reason that it is important to understand the world beyond our
own borders?

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages:

Which of the following historical changes is among the factors that stimulated the development of sociology as a discipline?

Who said “the medium is the message”?

Which theoretical approach was used by early sociologists Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim?

Identify the three sociologists who played a part in the development of sociology’s structural-functional approach.

Who was the sociologist who distinguished between the manifest functions and the latent functions of social patterns?

Which of the following is an accurate criticism of the structural-functional approach?

Using the social-conflict approach, a sociologist might highlight which of the
following?

The social-conflict approach sometimes receives criticism for:

Science can be defined as:

Interpretive sociology is sociology that:

Which of the following statements about critical (conflict) sociology is true?

The birth of the discipline of sociology took place during the development of which type of society?

Industrialization changes societies in many ways. All of the following except for one are changes brought on by industrialization. Which is NOT such a change?

Karl Marx believed that the industrial-capitalist system was:

Karl Marx argued that the dominant social institution is:

As the suffering of workers became worse, Marx predicted that they would:

Which of the following is involved when a plant supervisor wishes to be a good friend and confidant to the workers but must remain distant to rate the workers’ performances?

Garfinkel’s research, called ethno methodology, involves:

The study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance is referred to as:

What does the term "presentation of self" mean?

According to Erving Goffman, people usually make efforts to _____ their intentions.

Which concept refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex?

Where would you look in Canadian schools to find courses in which men outnumber women?