Exam 1

Question 1

What is Durkheim’s normative theory of suicide?

Answer 1

Integration/regulation

Social norms of particular groups generate variations in group suicide.

Question 2

Social integration

Answer 2

interaction between people

how well integrated you are in the community

Question 3

Social regulation

Answer 3

societal norms

rules that guide life

Question 4

Four Types of Suicide

Answer 4

Altruistic
Egotistic
Anomic
Fatalistic

Question 5

Altruistic

Answer 5

too much social integration

Question 6

Egotistic

Answer 6

too little integration

Question 7

Anomic

Answer 7

too little regulation

Question 8

Fatalistic

Answer 8

too much regulation

Question 9

What is sociology?

Answer 9

Study of human society

Question 10

Who coined ‘Sociology’?

Answer 10

August Comte

Question 11

Main characteristics of sociology

4

Answer 11

• study of members of a group
• Systematic VS Random
• Study of individual outcomes as consequences of greater social forces
• Micro-level interactions

Question 12

Sociological imagination

2

Answer 12

• seeing connections in basic everyday life to impersonal and remote historical forces
• Connect personal matters & social forces

Question 13

Who coined ‘sociological imagination’?

Answer 13

C. Wright Mills

Question 14

Social Structure

Answer 14

stable patterns of social relations

Question 15

Levels of Social Structure & Examples

3

Answer 15

Micro-Patterns of intimate relations (family)
Macro-Patterns outside intimate circle (race, gender)
Global- International (between countries)

Question 16

Four Major Theories

Answer 16

Functionalism
Conflict Theory
Symbolic Interventionism
Feminist Theory (patriarchy)

Question 17

Functionalism

Answer 17

How is society integrated?

Harmonious & stable

Question 18

Conflict Theory

Answer 18

How is society divided?

Question 19

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 19

How is society experienced?

Question 20

Feminist

Answer 20

How is society stratified by gender

Male privilege

Question 21

Functionalism People

2

Answer 21

Robert Merton

Durkheim

Question 22

Conflict People

2

Answer 22

Karl Marx

Dubois

Question 23

Symbolic People

2

Answer 23

George Herbert Mead

Erving Goffman

Question 24

Feminist People

Answer 24

Harriet Martineau

Question 25

Criticisms of functionalism | 2

Answer 25

disregards historical process | hard to explain social change

Question 26

Criticisms of Symbolic | 2

Answer 26

neglects larger social institutions social processes | neglects powerful issues of stability and change

Question 27

Manifest Function

Answer 27

intended and easily observed

Question 28

Latent Function

Answer 28

unintended and less obvious

Question 29

Dysfunction

Answer 29

disruptive consequences

Question 30

Quantitative Methods

Answer 30

seek information in numeric form

Question 31

Qualitative Methods

Answer 31

collect information NOT in # form

Question 32

Inductive Approach

Answer 32

starts with Empirical Observation

Question 33

Deductive Approach

Answer 33

starts with Theory

Question 34

Hypothesis

Answer 34

proposed relationship between two variables

Question 35

Independent Variable

Answer 35

cause

Question 36

Dependent Variable

Answer 36

effect

Question 37

Participant Observation

Answer 37

observes social actions in practice

Question 38

Interview

Answer 38

qualitative data through asking questions

Question 39

Survey

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ordered series of questions intended to elicit information from respondents

Question 40

Population

Answer 40

entire group of people/objects where sample is drawn from

Question 41

Sample

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subject of the population

Question 42

Advantages of Survey | 2

Answer 42

address several questions at the same time | representative

Question 43

Disadvantages of Survey | 2

Answer 43

Expensive | Response rate

Question 44

Experimentation

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comparisons to a control group

Question 45

Advantages of Experimentation

Answer 45

isolating cause to show causality

Question 46

Disadvantages of Experimentation | 2

Answer 46

Ethical issues | artificial settings

Question 47

Historical Method

Answer 47

data from the past

Question 48

Comparative Research

Answer 48

two or more entities comparaed

Question 49

Content Analysis

Answer 49

content rather than structure of communication

Question 50

Ethical issues for sociological research | 4

Answer 50

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