Sociology is the scientific study of:

Human social life, groups and societies

According to the sociological perspective, people's behavior:

Is influenced by the social context

What does the term "social structure" refer to?

A regularity of patterns in peoples behavior and relationships

blank shows how things occur, blank considers why things happen

Empircal (factual) investigations/ Theoretical questions

What was an important factor behind the emergence of sociological thinking?

Sociological Imagination

What did Emile Durkhiem call aspects of social life that influence and shape our individual actions?

Social Facts

According to Karl Marx, the modern era is shaped primarily by:

Capitalism

Which of the following was a focus of Max Weber's research?

Class Conflict

What played the fundamental role in developing the capitalistic outlook, according to Max Weber?

Religious Values

Which theoretical approach places gender, class and race at the core of the theory?

Feminist Theory

What would a symbolic interactionist say is involved in nearly all social interactions?

Symbols and Language

Which theoretical approach uses the analogy of the human body in assessing the role of each part of society as the condinuation of society as a whole? 

Functionalism

What do Marxism and Feminism have in common?

Both focus on inequalities in conflict as essential features of modern societies

Which theoretical perspective holds that the grand  narratives that gave meaning to history in the past no longer make any sense?

Postmodernism

Marx differs from Durkheim in that:

Durkheim believed that the continuation of society depended on cooperation while Marx believed that society was not cohesive and was divided by class

Questions that concern how things occur and involve a collection of facts are called blank ; questions that concern why they occur and involve the interpretation of facts are called blank.

Factual research/ theory

If one event or situation produces another, the two are said to have a:

Causal relationship

A blank is any dimention along which individuals or groups vary

Variable

A relationship between variables is known as:

Correlation

"The better the grades Sheri gets in school, the better paying job she is likely to get." In this example, grades are the blank variable and occupational income is the blank variable.

Independent/ dependent

Which research method would give a rich, detailed, inside view of a particular group, setting or subculture?

Ethnography

A blank is a smaller proportion of a larger group selected for study.

Sample

For a sample to accurately reflect the characteristics of the study population, it must be:

The use of two or more methods of research to verify results is called:

Triangulation

What is the dependent variable in the following hypothesis "If college students live with their parents, the students are less likely to engage in binge drinking than if they live in the dormitory."

Binge drinking

As world hunger has grown, the global food prodution:

Has gone up

Rapid economic growth in East Asia in the 1960's and 90's was accompanied by:

Asian countries becoming part of the high income countries group

The most influential theories of global inequality among Western economists and sociologists in the 1960's were:

World Systems Theory

Blank, a view now commonly held by western economists is based on blank theory which promoted free markets and noninterference by governments in the economy.

Neoliberalsim/ Market Oriented

What was the original cause of "misdevelopment" in the low-income countries, according to the dependency theory?

Global poverty is a result of the exploitation of the poor by the rich/ economic development of poor countries is determined by the wealthy

Natural resources flow from the blank to the blank.

Rich to the poor

In blank, networks of labor, production and consumption of products span the world. 

World Systems Theory/ Global commodity chains

Which theory draws primary attention to the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones?

Dependency Theory

Which of the following has contributed to world hunger and famine?

Drought, internal warfare, AIDs epidemic

Leaders in places such as Cuba and China, where the government actively shapes economic policy, would probably adhere to which of the following frameworks?

State Centered Theories

Which type of theorist would argue that a low-income society can develop if people give up their traditional ways and adopt modern economic institutions, technologies and values?

Modernizationalism

According to the sociologists, education is important for economic development. With what  reason(s) do they argue for expanded educational access?

Education seems to be the only hope for escaping the cycle of harsh working conditions and poverty since those with less education automatically get lower paying jobs. Also, educated people tend to have less children, slowing the global population  explosion.

Emile Durkheim's view of deviance is that:

Deviance is important in a well ordered society because it defines what is deviant and allows us to become aware of the norms in society.

Early attempts to explain deviant behavior in individuals were based on the assumption that crime was committed mostly by people with certain physical traits. This view was called:

Biological Deviance

The key emphasis of sociological analysis of deviance is that:

Deviance isn't necessarily crime, just behavior different than the norm

Differential Association

The first day of college, you may have felt a little uncertain about how to behave. Durkheim and other sociologists would describe your feelings as:

Anomie

What word would Robert Merton use to characterize organized crime members?

Innovators

People who reject both the existing values and the   means of achieving them, but work to substitute new ones and reconstruct the social system would be what type, according to Robert Merton?

Rebel

Labeling Theory

In Edwin Lemert's version of labeling theory, the initial violation of social norms is called:

Primary Deviation

According to Edwin Lemerty, when a person accepts a label and sees himself as deviant, he engages in:

Secondary Deviation

Which theory of crime contents that any sign of social disorder in a community encourages more seious crime to flourish?

Broken Window Theory

Which country puts the highest number of people per capita in prison?

U.S.A

Which of the following behaviors illustrates the social and political definition of deviant behavior?

Nonconformity to a set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society.