Sociology 100

Question 1

What terms did c. Wright mills coin and what do they mean

Answer 1

Sociological imagination- primary focus is general society not the individual.

Question 2

Who was Ibn Khaldûn?

Answer 2

He was an Arab sociologist who was the first to carry out a systematic study of spiological subjects

Question 3

Who was Max Weber

Answer 3

• German sociologist
• said Protestant work ethic led to modern capitalism

Question 4

What is sociological imagination?

Answer 4

The ability to understand how society affects individual experiences and problems; and connect personal experiences to the context ot society are culture.

Question 5

What is postmodernism?

Answer 5

Denies general / universal stalemates aboutgroups of people; analysis the reasoning behind these statements

Question 6

What is epistemology

Answer 6

The study at the origin and history and knowledge

Question 7

What is stand point theory?

Answer 7

The idea that form different perspectivesare a result of differingclasses,, roles, status, etc.

Question 8

What is an androcentric language?

Answer 8

A language that is implies sexism such as male dominaciae

Question 9

Who is Charles Horton Cooley? What is he most famous for?

Answer 9

He was an American sociologist most famous for his theory on looking glass self.

Question 10

What is looking glass self

Answer 10

“Self image is based upon how one things others view him”

3 parts:
1. How you think others view you
2. How you think others view you pr appearance
3. How you feel as a result of 1and 2

Question 11

What is role theory ?

Answer 11

It is the idea that one acts in accordance to the expectations of his role (both negative and positive)

Eg. the son of a billionaire is expected to be good at business therefore the son learns a lot about business
Eg. a black person is expected to steal and therefore does steal.

Question 12

Who was Robert Merton? And what did he bring to the table of sociology?

Answer 12

He coined:
Manifest fxn —> obvious and intended effects on social structures
Latent fxn —> non obvious and unintended effects on social structures

Question 13

Who was Everette C. Hughes

Answer 13

Brought the concept of master status.

Question 14

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe

Answer 14

Idea of pecking order

Question 15

George simmel

Answer 15

First to study daily 1 to 1 interactions

Question 16

Fredrick thrasher

Answer 16

Studied gangs as small groups of intense interaction separate from the larger world/society

Question 17

William I Thomas

Answer 17

“Situations we define as real become real in their consequences”

Question 18

Carol Muller

Answer 18

Identified 3 types of feminist organizations:

1. Formal social movement organizations: professionalized, bureaucratic, inclusive with few demands made on members (e.g womens rights groups)
2. Small groups or collectives: organized informally, require time, loyalty and material resourcesfrom its members (e.g womens publishing houses)
3. Service-provider organizations: combine elements of both formal and small-group organizations (e.g domestic violence shelters)

Question 19

What was the 60 s scoop

Answer 19

When large amounts of native children were being faked away bygovernment- affiliated agencies in the 19605

Question 20

Émelie Durkheim;who was she?

Answer 20

She defined religions as a set of beliefs and practices that form 1 moral compass for a community to adhere to.

She defined 3 key elements of religion:
_ god = society
- sacred objects
- moral compass

Coined the term social fact

Question 21

Who was the first female bishop in Canada

Answer 21

Victoria Matthew’s in 1994 became first female bishop

Question 22

Who was schecter

Answer 22

He argued that compulsory, staterunned public education is based on centralization and uniformity

Question 23

Who was malacrida

Answer 23

She identified 3 ways in which children were sortied out of mainstream based on intellectual abilities:

• truancy laws, (punishig those who didn’t come to class
• standardized expectations thru exams
• “health’ being conducted via medical and psychological examinations

Question 24

Name Jeannie oaks work

Answer 24

Hidden curriculum of tracking

Question 25

Which theory suggests that conjugal roles are either joint or segregated?

Answer 25

The Bott hypothesis

Question 26

What does the Bott hypothesis state?

Answer 26

That conjugal roles are either split into segregated or joint,

Question 27

What did the Canadian government offer Hutterites if they emigrated to Canada?

Answer 27

Exemption from military service

Question 28

What is organizational culture

Answer 28

” part of peoples identify is The company they work for “

Question 29

What theory challenges the notion that anyone with any level of authority can talk about the progress or decline across society.

Answer 29

Post modern

Question 30

What term did John porter coin

Answer 30

Vertical mosaic

Question 31

Who was Anne Marie McLean?

Answer 31

She was the first Canadian woman to get a PhD in sociology

Question 32

Who was aleen Ross?

Answer 32

First woman to get a job in sociology

Question 33

What is a social fact

Answer 33

External factors that constricts a human’s behaviour