1. Following C. Wright Mills, sociologists refer to breaking free from the immediacy of personal circumstances and putting things in a wider social context as the: a. sociological imagination b. psychologization process c. emergence theory d. recognition of self e. accumulation of capital
1 points
Question 2
1. According to the text, __________ involve constructing abstract interpretations that can be used to explain a wide variety of situations. a. beliefs b. theories c. empirical answers d. views e. ideologies 1 points
Question 3
1. According to __________, to become a science, sociology must study social facts, aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals. a.
Émile Durkheim b.
Auguste Comte c.
Karl Marx d.
Emma Goldman e.
Max Weber
1 points
Question 4
1. __________ believed that class struggles were what led to historical progress and development. a.
Emma Goldman b.
Karl Marx c.
Auguste Comte d.
Max Weber e.
Émile Durkheim
1 points
Question 5
1. __________ was perhaps most influential in sociology for his studies of bureaucracy. a.
Émile Durkheim b.
Karl Marx c.
Emma Goldman d.
Auguste Comte e.
Max Weber
1 points
Question 6
1. __________ coined the term double consciousness to refer to the African American experience. a.
W. E. B. Du Bois b.
Gloria Steinem c.
Voltarine de Cleyre d.
Harriet Martineau e.
Lucy Parsons
1 points
Question 7
1. Adherents of __________ counter that there are no longer any “grand narratives,” or metanarratives—overall conceptions of history or society—that make any sense. a. symbolic interactionism b.
Marxism
c. postmodern theory d. functionalism e. feminist theory
1 points
Question 8
1. The study of everyday behavior in situations of face-to-face interaction is usually called: a.