Outcomes Assessment SOC 201A
Study guide
The following questions refer to Chapter 1:
1. Society should be looked at like a body, with constituent parts necessary to the functioning of the whole. This idea probably most closely mirror those of which theorist?
2. The ideas of Karl Marx might be criticized for what?
3. Max Weber’s theoretical contributions might be criticized for what?
4. Studies of human behavior should focus primarily on how we construct meaning together through abstract representations. This position is closest to which theoretical perspective?
5. What is one possible critique of symbolic interactionism?
6. Which theoretical perspective prefers to think of institutions and human activities by analyzing the relationship of each individual part as it relates to the whole?
7. Sociologists need to look at not only how our institutions were intended to work, but also the unintentional effects of those institutions. According to the book, this is a major part of which theoretical perspective?
8. One possible criticism of functionalism is what?
The following questions refer to Chapter 13
9. Why did Max Weber assume that direct democracy is impossible as a means of regular government in large-scale societies?
10. With respect to illness, what kinds of questions would a symbolic interactionist most likely ask?
11. Why are large areas of East Africa devoid of cattle today?
The following questions refer to Chapter 14
12. Describe western attitudes toward sexual behavior.
The following questions refer to Chapter 1
13. Looking over collected interviews and trying to find common themes within them. What part of the research process is this?
14. The best method of research to describe as closely as possible the experience of people’s lives is?
15. Collecting data on a group by widely distributing structured questionnaires. What kind of sociological research best describes this activity?
16. Studying practices in different countries to note similarities and differences. This kind of research would best be described as what?
17. Looking over a wide range of documents available from a previous time period. This kind of research would best be described as what?
18. Breaking free from the immediacy of personal circumstances and putting things in a wider social context is called what?
19. African Americans often see themselves through the eyes of “white” society. This idea most closely match with those of which theorist?
20.What is a latent function of public schools?
The following questions refer to chapter 2
21. Know examples of norms.
22. A system of interrelationships that connects individuals together is what?
23. Groups that seem to have their own sets of norms and values that are at times different from mainstream norms and values. Which sociological concept best describes this?