Sociology Final 3

The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called ____.

which of the following elements did C. Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologists would use to explain individual behavior?

When sociologists group people into categories based on their age, gender, educational level, job, and income they are trying to determine _____.

what is the use of objective and systematic observation to test theories, one that is often employed by sociologists?

the first person to purpose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life was ______.

What was the social event that most influenced Auguste Comte to explore patterns within society and become interested in what holds society together?

The theorist who is sometimes referred to as "the second father of sociology" was _____.

the term "survival of the fittest" which is a principle part of the concept of social Darwinism, was coined by ______.

the wall street journal has declared that the three greatest modern thinkers were ____, _____, and _____.

The titles Karl Marx used to describe the two classes in society were the _____ and the _____.

the French sociologist Emile Durkheim is the most identified with which of the following areas of study?

Karl Marx suggested that the force that drives human history and is a the core of human society is _____.

Max Weber referred to the self-denying approach to life characterized by people living frugal lives and saving their money as the _____.

More than 20 years prior to the births of Durkheim and Weber, Society in American, an analysis of American social customs, was published by sociologist _____.

the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP, was _____.

sociologists who analyze how social life depends on the ways that people define themselves and others are most likely _____.

Functionalists refer to how parts of society fit together to form a whole as _____.

The American sociologists who focused on social analysis, developing abstract models showing how parts of society harmoniously work together, was _____.

Mark views society as a system of interrelated parts, while John views society as composed of groups competing for scare resources. Mark would be considered a ______ and John would be seen as a ______.

functionalists and conflict theorists tend to focus on the ____, or large-scale patterns of society, in conducting their analyses.