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Sociology 1000
Sociological Introduction Study Questions
1. Give a clear and concise definition of the term sociology.
2. How is sociology different from psychology? Give an example if that helps.
3. Who first coined the term sociological imagination and what is it. Be sure to give an example of what it
is and don’t use the example I used in class.
4. Emile Durkheim is associated with which theoretical orientation? Explain this orientation.
5. Karl Marx is associated with which theoretical orientation? Please explain this orientation and give an
example of it.
6. Max Weber is associated with which theoretical orientation? Please explain this orientatio.
7. Explain the difference between sociologists from Europe and those from the United States? Who are
they and how are they different?
8. What was W.E.B. Du Bois noted for? By the way, he is considered the first sociologist to do this.
9. Briefly, discuss what the rational choice approach is about. Be sure to give an example or two from
your own life.
10. What is symbolic interaction about and can you give an example from your own life?
11. Tell me about the difference between the three levels of analysis in sociology and give me an example of
each.