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Chapter One Overview: The Sociological Perspective
Why does the author argue that the decisions that people make do not result from “free will?”
How did Peter Berger describe the sociological perspective?
What do sociologists look for when examining the behavior of particular people? Provide an example from the text
that the author discusses.
How is the sociological perspective used at first?
What did Emile Durkheim mean by social integration?
What two situations help people see how society shapes individual lives? Provide two examples from the text that
demonstrate these two situations.
What is the global perspective?
Define high-income countries:
Define middle-income countries:
Define low-income countries:
What is public policy?
What are four ways in which sociology benefits us?
What is the major difference between a sociologist and a clinical sociologist?
What three kinds of change were important in the development in sociology?
Who coined the term sociology and when was this?
What is positivism and how does society operate in regards to this theory?
Define theoretical approach:
What is the structural-functional approach? Who came up with this approach?
What is the difference between a manifest function and a latent function?
Define social dysfunction:
What is the social-conflict approach? Provide an example of this approach.
What is the gender-conflict approach and what is this closely linked to?
Who was the first woman sociologist?
What is the race-conflict approach?
What is the symbolic-interaction approach? Which sociologist is tied to this approach?