Sociology Ch. 1 Terms Review Question Preview (ID: 52301)


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social science that studies human society and social behavior
a) sociology
b) anthropology
c) Psychology
d) economics

an observable fact
a) social interaction
b) sociological imagination
c) social phenomena
d) social perspective

interaction between people that takes place through the use of symbols
a) function
b) symbolic interaction
c) verstehen
d) sociology

description of the essential characteristics of some aspect of society
a) function
b) versheten
c) symbolic interaction
d) idea type

positive consequence an element of society has for the maintenance of the social system
a) social interaction
b) sociological perspective
c) function
d) social phenomena

how people relate to one another and influence each other's behavior
a) social interaction
b) sociological perspective
c) social Darwinism
d) verstehan

viewing of the behavior of groups in a systematic way
a) social phenomena
b) sociological imagination
c) social darwinism
d) sociological perspective

ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives
a) social phenomena
b) social imagination
c) sociological perspective
d) symbolic interaction

perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection
a) sociology
b) social interaction
c) sociological perspective
d) social darwinism

perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection
a) sociology
b) social interaction
c) sociological perspective
d) social darwinism

Sociologists C. Wright Mills developed the concept of
a) Sociological Perspective
b) Theoretical Perspective
c) Sociological Imagination
d) Sociology

Social Darwinism is to Herbert Spencer as ideal type is to
a) Comte
b) Marx
c) Durkheim
d) Weber

Empathetic understanding of the meanings others attach to their actions
a) Verstehen
b) Social Darwinism
c) Function
d) Social Phenomena

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