Unit 1

Question 1

What is Sociology?

Answer 1

The systematic and scientific study of society

Question 2

Define Society

Answer 2

A collection of people who share culture and territory

Question 3

What is Sociological Imagination

Answer 3

A perspective that allows us to consider how outside forces, especially the time and place we were born and live, shape our life story.

Question 4

What are Troubles?

Answer 4

Caused by personal shortcomings related to motivation, attitude, character, etc.

Question 5

What are Issues?

Answer 5

Societal matters that impact many people, can only be explained by larger social forces.

Question 6

What is August Comte known for?

Answer 6

French Philosopher considered the “Father of Sociology.”

Question 7

What is Positivism?

Answer 7

Social situations in which scientists must apply scientific method

Question 8

What is Harriet Martineau known for?

Answer 8

Translating August Comtes work to English

Question 9

What is Karl Marx known for?

Answer 9

Believed conflict was the major driver of society and social change

Question 10

What is Emile Durkheim known for?

Answer 10

Study of suicide focused on how social solidarity impacts a person’s likelihood of committing suicide

Question 11

What is solidarity?

Answer 11

The system of social ties that bring people together personally and on a larger scope

Question 12

What is Max Weber known for?

Answer 12

Protestant Work Ethic - hard work, discipline is attributed to the values of Protestant faith

Question 13

What is W.E.B Du Bois known for?

Answer 13

Color line: a barrier supported by customs and laws separating nonwhites from whites

Question 14

What is Jane Addams known for?

Answer 14

She was a reform sociologist who co-founded the Hull House in Chicago

Question 15

What are Paradigms?

Answer 15

philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them

Question 16

What is a Micro level of analysis?

Answer 16

Focuses on the small-scale, face-to-face interactions

Question 17

What is a Macro level of analysis?

Answer 17

Focuses on the large-scale patterns in society

Question 18

Conflict (Macro)

Answer 18

Society is shaped by groups who struggle with one another for valuable resources. It is conflict that holds society together.

Question 19

Structural Functionalism (Macro)

Answer 19

Society is like a human body. Each part of society is necessary for the entire entity to function and each part is independent. Society is shaped by cooperation.

Question 20

Symbolic Interaction (Micro)

Answer 20

Focuses on how human beings use and interpret symbols to communicate and forge a sense of self. A symbol is something that we attach meaning to and use to communicate.