SOC Ch1
SOC 100, Fall 2020, Chapter 1 Dr. Smith
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Chapter 1
1. What is the ‘sociological perspective’?
2. What are ‘social locations’?
3. What do ‘social sciences’ focus on?
4. Briefly explain how sociology is similar to and contrasts with other social sciences.
5. How do Comte and Spencer’s views about sociology and social reform differ?
6. What is the ‘principle that was central to Durkheim’s research’ on suicide?
7. Briefly explain Weber’s ‘Protestant ethic’
8. Briefly explain John Galliher’s (1991) statement on the ‘majority position’ regarding values & social research.
9. Explain ‘verstehen’.
10. What are social facts? (provide an example).
11. ‘Many early female sociologists’ focus on?
12. Explain the difference between ‘basic’, ‘applied’, and ‘public’ sociology.
13. Briefly summarize the ‘Cultural Diversity’ box on p. 23.
14. What is the ‘central idea of symbolic interactionism’ ?
15. How does symbolic interactionism explain changes in the U.S. divorce rate?
16. The ‘central idea of functional analysis’ is…. what?
17. How does functionalism (functional analysis) explain changes in the U.S. divorce rate?
18. How does conflict theory view society?
19. How does conflict theory explain changes in the U.S. divorce rate?