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| The sociological perspective |
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| An approaching to understanding human behavior by paying it within its broader social context know as... |
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| According to Emily Durkheim, suicide rates can be explained by... |
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| The degree to which individuals are integrated into their social groups and feel a sense of attachment. |
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| What did Emily Durkheim identify as the key to explaining patterns of suicide. |
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| Social factors and Verstehen |
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| Sociologists who research social problems for government commissions or agencies are... |
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| Industrialization and the urbanization have undermined the traditional purposes of the family, according to theorists using _________ analysis. |
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| The theoretical perspective that views society as composed of symbols that we use to establish meaning, develop our views of the world, and communicate with one another is... |
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| In explaining the high U.S. divorce rate, the ______ perspective would focus on explanations such as emotional satification, the meaning of children, and the meaning of parenthood. |
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| Society's basic inequality between makes. |
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| Conflict theorists might explain the high rate of divorce by looking at... |
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| A combination of all of the above |
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| According to your text, which theoretical perspective is best for studying human behavior. |
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| What trend does the author of your text suggest is likely to transform the scope and focus of sociology in the future |
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| Which of the following would you use to describe a group's way of thinking and doing, include language and other forms of interaction |
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| Which of the following is part of material culture. |
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| An American thinks citizens of another country are barbarians if they like to attend bullfights. which of the following concepts best describe his reaction. |
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| The sapir-whorf hypothesis |
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| Sociologist Eviatar Zarubavel gives a good example when he states that his native Hebrew language did not have separate word for Jam and jelly. What is this an example of? |
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| Every group develops expectations and the right ways to reflect its values. These expectations are |
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| A monetary reward,a prize,a hug, or a pat on the back are all examples of... |
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| As you are shopping at a crowded mall, you absentmindedly forget to hold the door open for an elderly woman coming through behind you. The consequences is that the doors slams in her face.Which of the following cultural components has been violated as a result of your behavior. |
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| Mores are norms that are strictly enforced. |
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| Which of the following statements about mores is correct |
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| According to your sociology teacher, what is the most appropriate default answer to any question for which you do not know the answer? |
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| The author of your text cites having sex with one's parent as an example of... |
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| U.S. society is made up of many different groups. Which of the following terms would a sociologist use to describe this type of sociology. |
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| Which of the following statements concerning core values is correct |
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| A value, such as the one that stresses group contradiction can occur |
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| A value, such as the one that stresses group superiority, Comes into direct conflict with other values, such as democracy and equality. |
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| Ideal culture reflects the values and norms which people in a culture attempt to hold. |
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| Which of the following statements about ideal culture is correct. |
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| Today bagels, woks, and hammocks are all a part of U.S. culture. The adoption of these objects illustrates which of the following processes or concepts |
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| Coca cola is found in almost every country in the world. This is an example of... |
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| The process of the looking glass self applies to old age |
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| Which of the following statements about the looking glass self is incorrect. |
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| How we express emotions depends on our culture and our social location. |
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| Which of the following statements about emotions is correct. |
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| Socializing us into self and emotions |
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| According to the text, which is one of the most effective ways in which society sets controls over our behavior. |
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| What do we call the ways in which society sets children into different courses for life purely because they are male or female |
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| All of the above would involve resocialization |
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| Under which of the following conditions is resocialization likely to occur. |
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| What type of society is where everyone knows everyone else, they conform because they are sensitive to others opinions and want to avoid gossip, and they are comforted by being of an intimate group |
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| Stereotypes are unlikely to be self fulfilling |
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| Which of the following statements about stereotypes is incorrect. |
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| According to Goffman, where do we go when we want to be ourselves. |
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| Susan is a college student who takes classes in the evening after work. One day her boss asks her to move from working days to working evenings; he wants her to work the same hours as she is supposed to be in class. In this situation, what is Susan experiencing. |
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| The professor poses a question in class. You know the answer and want to raise your hand but are afraid that if you do, you will show up the other students in the class. what are you experiencing in this situation |
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| If you went to your doctor's office and he or she started cutting your hair this would be an example of violating. |
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| A research doing a macro level study would choose ___________as a topic |
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| Interactions between people on street corners . |
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| Sociologists believe that research is necessary because... |
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| ___________ steps are involved in scientific research |
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| Research and their theory are both important since research without theory is simply facts and theory without research is abstract and empty |
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| Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the theory and research. |
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| The Language, beliefs, values norms, behaviors , and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. |
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| The disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a fundamentally different culture and con no longer depend on their taken-for-granted assumptions about life |
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| Taking the role of the other |
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| Putting oneself in someone else's shoes; understanding how someone else feels and thinks and thus anticipating how that person will act. |
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| Another term for nonmaterial culture. |
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| A value, norm, or other cultural trait that is found in every group |
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| William Ogburn's term for human behavior lagging behind technological innovations. |
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| Unintended beneficial consequences of people's actions. |
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| The intended consequences of people's actions designed to help some part of the social system. |
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| The us of one's own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors. |
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| A term coined by Harold Garfinkel to describe an attempt to remake the self by stripping away in individuals self-identity and stamping a new identity in its place |
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| An approach, pioneered by Erving Goffman, analyzing social life in terms of drama or the stage; also called the dramaturgical analysis. |
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| Not judging a culture, but trying to understand it on it's own terms. |
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| The stages of life as we go from birth to death. |
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| The organized, usual, or standard ways by which society meets its basic needs. |
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| A series of interrelated values that together form a larger whole. |
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