SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1 - SPC

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What term refers to the systematic study of society and human interaction?
Sociology
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What phrase refers to the act of seeing broad social patterns in individual behavior?
General in the Particular
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What phrase refers to the act of questioning what we consider “normal”?
Strange in the Familiar
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What level of analysis involves close-up interactions with people such as family members, friends, classmates, etc?
Micro Level
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What level of analysis involves large-scale institutions and structures, such as the education system or the country’s economy?
Macro Level
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What level of analysis looks at cross-border issues like pandemics, climate change, or social media trends?
Global Level
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Who claimed that suicide is shaped by social integration?
Émile Durkheim
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According to Durkheim, were men, Protestants, the wealthy, and those unmarried more or less likely to commit suicide?
More likely
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What term refers to the act of living on the edge of society, with examples including race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc?
Marginality
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What term refers to the moment in which a social force becomes visible, with examples including the Great Depression, showing unemployment as a structural issue and not a personal one?
Crisis
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Who coined the term Sociological Imagination, connecting one’s personal troubles to society’s broader public issues?
C. Wright Mills
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What sociological term has examples such as civil rights laws, school lunch programs, and anti-discrimination protections?
Public Policy
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What three factors show the benefits of Sociology?
Tests common sense, helps navigate diversity, and shows opportunities and constraints
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What term refers to the interconnected nature of race, class, gender, etc?
Intersectionality
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The Industrial Revolution, urbanization, political change, the Scientific Revolution, globalization, and inequality are all factors of what?
Origins of Sociology
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What French individual coined the term sociology?
Auguste Comte
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What system of thought, popularized by Comte, asserts that every action can be observed mathematically, through a lens of logic and not morality?
Positivism
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What German individual analyzed class conflicts and inequality by designating individuals into groups of elites (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat)?
Karl Marx
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What German individual emphasized meaning, understanding, and rationalization?
Max Weber
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What American individual studied race and double-consciousness?
WEB DuBois
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What term, coined by DuBois, refers to the feeling of having two identities within Black people, being how they see themselves and how their society sees them?
Double-Consciousness
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