Sociology is defined as: | a. | the methodological analysis of groups and individuals. | | | b. | the scientific analysis of premodern people. | | | c. | the academic discipline that examines individual human behavior. | | | d. | the systematic study of human society and social interaction. | | | status: not answered () correct: d your answer: |
2 | According to sociologist C. Wright Mills, the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society is referred to as: | a. | the reality perception. | | | b. | the sociological imagination. | | | c. | the conflict perception. | | | d. | the symbolic interaction approach. | | | status: not answered () correct: b your answer: |
3 | French philosopher ________ is credited with having coined the term sociology to describe a new science that would engage in the study of society. | a. | Emile Durkheim | | | b. | Herbert Spencer | | | c. | Max Weber | | | d. | Auguste Comte | | | status: not answered () correct: d your answer: |
4 | In Society in America, ________ examined religion, politics, child rearing, slavery, and immigration to the United States, paying special attention to social distinctions based on class, race, and gender. | a. | Harriet Martineau | | | b. | Auguste Comte | | | c. | Jane Addams | | | d. | Herbert Spencer | | | status: not answered () correct: a your answer: |
5 | French sociologist Emile Durkheim observed that rapid social change and a more specialized division of labor produce strain in society; these strains lead to a breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority and to a dramatic increase in: | a. | cultural conflict. | | | b. | social disorganization. | | | c. | anomie. | | | d. | social solidarity. | | | status: not answered () correct: c your answer: |
6 | This German economist and philosopher stressed that