SOCL 2001 Exam 1 update , Questions and answers with

SOCL 2001 Exam 1 ( update), Questions and answers with

systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels from individual group
to community. Understanding how society affects people as individuals and as a
whole. Affects beliefs/ morals - ✔✔- sociology
ability to see connection btw individual lives and larger social influences - ✔✔-
sociological imagination
Wright- Mills: Assignment - ✔✔- sociological imagination
study of human behavior in contexts of face to face interaction; individual
interactions - ✔✔- micro-sociology
divorce- couple is unhappy and does not enjoy relationship
unemployment- disability or laziness - ✔✔- mirco-sociology
study of large scale groups, organizations, or social systems. Characterizes
society as a whole - ✔✔- Macro-sociology
divorce-economic issues causes problems
unemployment- being raised in poverty - ✔✔- Macr0-sociology
statements that explain why a phenomenon occurs, research and experiments -
✔✔- theory
based on experiments, experience, and observation - ✔✔- empirical information
"father of sociology" believed society should be studied empirically rather than
ideologically - ✔✔- Auguste Comte
helped found discipline - ✔✔- Emile Durkhein
variables that define individuals including sex, location, age, gender - ✔✔- social
facts